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[[File:National_ice_sf.jpg|200px|thumb|right|National Ice Co. warehouse, Battery St. at Union St., San Francisco.]]
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'''National Ice and Cold Storage Company''' was a large ice supplier and cold storage warehouser with warehouses throughout California.  The company produced natural ice near Floriston, California<ref>. National Ice and Cold Storage Company of California vs Commissioner.  [http://www.leagle.com/decision/1947866ttcm80_167 United States Tax Court, 6 T.C.M. 80 (1947)]</ref>.  In 1905, the company had warehouses in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Rosa, and Oakland<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Cb9WAAAAIAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA64&ots=wawdeWzWJO&dq=%22national%20ice%20and%20cold%20storage%22&pg=RA1-PA64#v=onepage&q=%22national%20ice%20and%20cold%20storage%22&f=false August 1905 Monthly Bulletin of the California State Board of Health].</ref>.  The company also ran a dehydrator in Gilroy<ref>Important Factor in Marketing Crops (dehydration as side business for canning): [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA3-PA33#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false May 1921 Canning Age ].  Includes photo of National Ice and Cold Storage's dehydrator plant in Gilroy.</ref>.
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In 1915, the plant at San Francisco used a diesel generator to compress ammonia<ref>J. B. Howell, Report on Test of Diesel Engine Plant of the National Ice and Cold Storage Company, San Francisco, Cal. [https://books.google.com/books?id=x3ISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=REPORT+ON+TEST+OF+DIESEL+ENGINE+PLANT+OF+THE+NATIONAL+ICE+AND+COLD+STORAGE+COMPANY&source=bl&ots=zI-6jfwJfb&sig=fo4a4VwWo9fuwUn8Q_SO1ees0BQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif-t_x7tbOAhVOHGMKHQ6WBlIQ6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=REPORT%20ON%20TEST%20OF%20DIESEL%20ENGINE%20PLANT%20OF%20THE%20NATIONAL%20ICE%20AND%20COLD%20STORAGE%20COMPANY&f=false  Journal of the American Society for Naval Engineers, February 1915].</ref>.
  
 
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| Los Angeles || || 210 Center Street<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/4341 citrusmodeling] mailing list. </ref>. ||
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| Santa Rosa || 1937 || 12 Sebastopol Ave.<ref>Photo, [http://heritage.sonomalibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15763coll2/id/981 National Ice and Cold Storage of San Francisco].  At Sonoma County Library Photo Collection.]</ref>||
 
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Plant in Gilroy.  Cited in
 
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA3-PA33#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false May 1921 Canning Age ] article about dehydrators.
 
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[http://www.leagle.com/decision/1947866ttcm80_167 tax case in 1947].  Also sites at 210 Center St. in Los Angeles and in Riverside according to postings on [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/4341 citrusmodeling] mailing list.
 
  
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Plant at San Francisco according to [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/4341 "REPORT ON TEST OF DIESEL ENGINE PLANT OF THE NATIONAL ICE AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL"] published in Journal of the American Society for Naval Engineers, February 1915.
 
  
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List of legal cold storage plants in California in 1914 according to [http://books.google.com/books?id=Cb9WAAAAIAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA64&ots=wawdeWzWJO&dq=%22national%20ice%20and%20cold%20storage%22&pg=RA1-PA64#v=onepage&q=%22national%20ice%20and%20cold%20storage%22&f=false California State Board of Public Health monthly bulletin from 1914].
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Summary
Business

Cold Storage
Main Location

many
National Ice Co. warehouse, Battery St. at Union St., San Francisco.

National Ice and Cold Storage Company was a large ice supplier and cold storage warehouser with warehouses throughout California. The company produced natural ice near Floriston, California[1]. In 1905, the company had warehouses in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Rosa, and Oakland[2]. The company also ran a dehydrator in Gilroy[3].

In 1915, the plant at San Francisco used a diesel generator to compress ammonia[4].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Floriston, CA
Gilroy None
Los Angeles 210 Center Street[5].
Oakland
Riverside
San Francisco 1960 Union St. and Battery St.[6].
Santa Rosa 1937 12 Sebastopol Ave.[7]


References

  1. ↑ . National Ice and Cold Storage Company of California vs Commissioner. United States Tax Court, 6 T.C.M. 80 (1947)
  2. ↑ August 1905 Monthly Bulletin of the California State Board of Health.
  3. ↑ Important Factor in Marketing Crops (dehydration as side business for canning): May 1921 Canning Age . Includes photo of National Ice and Cold Storage's dehydrator plant in Gilroy.
  4. ↑ J. B. Howell, Report on Test of Diesel Engine Plant of the National Ice and Cold Storage Company, San Francisco, Cal. Journal of the American Society for Naval Engineers, February 1915.
  5. ↑ citrusmodeling mailing list.
  6. ↑ William Kaufman and Michelle Kaufman, "The State Belt: San Francisco's Waterfront Railroad".
  7. ↑ Photo, National Ice and Cold Storage of San Francisco. At Sonoma County Library Photo Collection.]
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