[25] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1055 



Ice industry — Continued. 



States Fish Commission. This building is 213 feet wide, 230 

 feet long, 34 feet high in stud, and 72 feet high to ridge pole. 

 Its capacity is 34,000 tons of ice. Built in 1876-'77. Nine- 

 tenths of the ice is used in the fisheries of Gloucester either 

 by vessels or in packing fish on shore. Another ice company 

 in Gloucester shares in furnishing the supply, which amounts 

 annually to about 25,000 tons. 



ICE-WAGON. 



Unloading ice from wagon for vessel at Commercial Wharf. Bos- 

 ton, Mass., 1S82. Photo. 1808. U. S. Fish Commission. Ves- 

 sels that preserve their catch fresh take from 5 to 45 tons of ice 

 on a trip ; the quantity depending on the size of the vessel and 

 length of the trip. 



3. Preservation by drying. 



appliances for preparing and packing- sun-dried fish. 



codfish-flake. 



Model. Old-style brush flake used on Cape Cod for drying fish; 

 consists of a wooden frame or long table of slats covered with 

 brush- wood. Provincetown, Mass. 39,433. Collected by Capt. 

 N. E. At wood. 



Codfish-flake. 



Model. New style flake ; consists of a wooden frame or long table 

 of slats, the top being movable on a horizontal axis, thus mak- 

 ing it possible to expose the fish placed upon it to the direct 

 rays of the sun during the whole day, or to keep them in the 

 shade, as may be most desirable. Provincetown, Mass. 39,434. 

 Collected by Capt. N. E. Atwood. 



Fish hand-barrow. 



Oak; two handles 6 feet long, with five cross-bars, each 21 inches 

 long, 2£ inches wide, 1£ inches thick. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 

 57,828. TJ. S. Fish Commission. Used for carrying fish. 



Box-nailing table. 



Full size, heavy wooden table, with appliances for holding the cov- 

 ers in place while being nailed on tops of boxes. Used in bone- 

 less-fish factories, and especially adapted for 40-pound boxes. 

 Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Boneless fish compressor. 



A patent hoe-shaped instrument with lever. Used for crowding 

 boneless-fish into the boxes. Gloucester, Mass. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



