Module Name: Icing Station
Designed By: Richard Fisher
Overview:
 

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As Americans migrated from the farm to the cities, they no longer were able to grow their own meat, fruits and vegetables.  The railroads developed wood sheathed reefers to keep perishables cool as they were transported across the country.  The reefers had hatches on their roofs that allowed blocks of ice to be lowered into the cars.

 

To replenish the melting ice until the cars reached their destination, icing station existed along side the main lines to add ice blocks.  Mechanical refrigeration reefers were developed in the late 1950’s and completely replaced the old ice reefers by 1971.

This icing station can handle seventeen 40’ reefers at a time.