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March 14, 1901
River Falls Journal
River Falls, Saint Croix County, Pierce County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
Describes constructing a cheap, effective icehouse within a farm's straw stack using a rough framework, loose boarding, level drained floor, and airlock entrance to prevent air currents.
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CHEAPEST ICEHOUSE.
Can Be Built for a Few Cents on
Farms Where the Old-Time Straw
Stack Is a Feature.
Where the straw stack is a farm feature an icehouse, inexpensive, but effective, can easily be combined with it, as shown in the cut from an exchange. A cheap, rough framework suffices, and the boarding up need not be tight. The floor should be level and drained from melting water by a trench filled in partly with stone. Outside drainage to carry all surface water away from the stack is also necessary. Entrance is through a long passage arranged with airlocks to prevent currents of air.
ICEHOUSE IN STRAW STACK.
Can Be Built for a Few Cents on
Farms Where the Old-Time Straw
Stack Is a Feature.
Where the straw stack is a farm feature an icehouse, inexpensive, but effective, can easily be combined with it, as shown in the cut from an exchange. A cheap, rough framework suffices, and the boarding up need not be tight. The floor should be level and drained from melting water by a trench filled in partly with stone. Outside drainage to carry all surface water away from the stack is also necessary. Entrance is through a long passage arranged with airlocks to prevent currents of air.
ICEHOUSE IN STRAW STACK.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Icehouse
Straw Stack
Farm Construction
Cheap Building
Drainage
Where did it happen?
Farms Where The Straw Stack Is A Feature
Story Details
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Farms Where The Straw Stack Is A Feature
Story Details
An inexpensive icehouse can be built within a straw stack using a rough framework, non-tight boarding, level floor with drainage trench, outside surface water drainage, and entrance via airlock passage.