American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-06-20
Ice In the Summer Time
Most Modern Plant In County Now In
Successful Operation.

For the first time in Lehi's history
ice was this week froze into blocks In
the good old summer time while the
thermometer was standing at between
so and 80 In the shade. Last Monday
the first blocks of Ice were taken out
of the CART Bros ice plant each block
weighing zoe pounds. The blocks are
frozen in heavy galvanized iron cans
of llx22x32 inches in size. The big
iron vat holds slxty-three Of these
cans II requires about forty-eight
hours to freeze cake of Ice. When
one can Is emptied another is filled
with pure, fresh city water, thus max
Ing the process continuous and giving
the plant capacity OF about three
tons every twenty-four hours. The
machinery is built for six-ton capa-
city, which limit can be reached by
installing another vat.
The factory consists of a twenty
horsepower electric motor, condens-
ing tank, a compressor pump, Il system
OF cooling pipes and big iron vat
3xlOx20 feet, filled with salty brine,
In which Is set cans or moulds filled
with fresh city water. Running back
and forth through the salty brine and
between the cans Is system OF pipes
filled with anhydrus ammonia. AS the
ammonia enters the pipes IN the vat II
passes through small opening on one
side of which the pressure Is $50
pounds. The sudden transition from
the greater to the lesser pressure
changes II from liquid to vapor,
which action reduces II to a tempera-
ture way below freezing point. The
cold passes through the pipes to the
brine and from the brine into the i'm
mersed cans of water.
After It has been reduced again al
most to freezing point, the ammonia is
subjected to a liquid again by going
through the compressor This process
causes great heat and this heat Is
taken out by passing the liquid am
monia through system of pipes which
themselvs are encased In pipes filled
with flowing water, the latter as II
runs away taking off the heat
The ice plant Is In connection with
refrigeration plant. Their meat box
has capacity of twenty-five beeves.
besides lot of hogs and sheep. IL is
divided into two compartments, one
6xSx14 feet where the heat is taken out
of the meat. and the other 12xSxl4 feet,
where II is kept In storage ready for
use. The meat Is hung on an over
head track and will be kept at a tenn
naraft,ra nj n n,tt 1agraas Tho ~,
box is kept at low temperature by a |
system of pipes, through which the |
ce cold brine is pumped after being |
cooled In the big vat They also have
! showcase In which cuts will be kept
md through which the refrigeration
ipes Will be passed, SO that the meat
I all times Will be kept at a low tenn
erature and In a sanitary condition.
-rke ptant and the Ice box cost be-
ween $4,000 and $1,000 and weighed
,ver $4,000 pounds. There was over |
ak tons Of rock wool insulation ma
terial alone with which the ice vat and
boxes are lined.
The only expense OF operating the
plant Is for electric power. as the
and brine are used over and
over again.
The plant was made by the Attic
Ice Machine company OF Canton, Ohio.
II was installed by IL. II. Keener Of
Salt Lake City, who says that II Is the
best equipped plant In Utah county
and one of the best in the state,
The CARR Bros. have put a cement
floor In their shop and will probably
be open for business In their new
quarters the first of the week. They
now are making Ice for the trade at
the rate of three tons per day,