The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-06-20
Ice In the Summer Time
Vast Modern Plant In County Now In
Successful Operation.

For the first time In Lehi's history
GOO was this week froze into blocks in
the good old summer time while the
thermometer was standing at between
30 and 80 IN the shade Last Monday
tho first blocks OF ice were taken out
of the CART Bros. ice plant, each block
yoiphing 200 pounds. The blocks are
frozen in heavy galvanized iron cans
of llx22x32 inches in size. Tho big
iron vat holds sixty-three of these
cans. 1t requires about forty eight
hours TO freeze cake of ice. When
ono can is cmptied another is filled
with purc, fresh city water, thus max
ING the process continuous and giving
the pant capacity of about three
tons every twenty-four hours. The
machinery is built for a six-ton capa-
city. which limit can be reached by
installing another vat
The factory consists of twenty
horsepower electric motor, a condens-
inx tank, a compressor pump. a system
Of cooling pipes and big iron vat
syl6x2O feet, filled with salty brine,
in which is set cans or moulds filed
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
masses through a small opening on one
all. al an 10
mounds. The sudden transition from
The greater to the lesser pressure
changes II from a liquid to vapor,
which action reduces IL to "A tempera-
ture way below freezing point The
cold passes through the pipes to the
brine and from the brine into the inn
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 |
the CART Bros new meat market and
refrigeration plant Their meat box I
has capacity of twenty-five beeves, |
besides lot Of hogs and sheep II is |
divided into two compartments, one |
6xSxl4 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 tcm-
perature OF about 80 degrees. The big |
box is kept at low temperature by a |
system Of pipes, through which the |
Ice cold brine Ii pumped after being |
cooled In the big vat They also have
a showcase In which cuts will be kept
and through which the refrigeration
pipes will be passed. so that the meat
at all times will he kept at low tenn
perature and In a sanitary condition.
The plant and the ice box cost be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000 and weighed
over $4,000 pounds. There was over
six tons Of rock wool insulation ma
terial alone with which the Ice vat and
refrigeration boxes are lined.
The only expense Of operating the
plant Is for electric power, as the
ammonia and brine are used over and
over again
The plant was made by the Attic
Ice Machine company Of Canton, Ohio.
u was installed by H. II. Keener of
Salt Lake City, who says that IL Is the
pest equipped plant In Utah county
and one Of the best in the state
The CART Bros. have put a cement
moor In their shop and will probably
De 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.