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'''National Ice and Cold Storage Company'''{{Infobox_Industry
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[[File:File.png|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>.
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The company's plants were in most major cities.  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>.
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The company also ran a dehydrator in Gilroy<ref>Importand 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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List of legal cold storage plants in California in 1914 according to
  
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
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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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| San Francisco || 1960 || Union and Battery<ref>William Kaufman and Michelle Kaufman, "The State Belt: San Francisco's Waterfront Railroad".</ref>. ||
 
| San Francisco || 1960 || Union and Battery<ref>William Kaufman and Michelle Kaufman, "The State Belt: San Francisco's Waterfront Railroad".</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.] ||
 
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==Details==
 
 
Plant in Gilroy.  Cited in
 
[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.
 
 
Also appears to have had plant in Oakland, and owned natural ice plant at Floriston according to
 
[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.
 
 
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.
 
  
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].
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 06:07, 23 August 2016

Summary
Business

Cold Storage
Main Location

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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].

The company's plants were in most major cities. 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].

List of legal cold storage plants in California in 1914 according to

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Floriston, CA
Gilroy None
Los Angeles 210 Center Street[5].
Oakland
Riverside
San Francisco 1960 Union and Battery[6].
Santa Rosa 1937 12 Sebastopol Ave.<ref>Photo, National Ice and Cold Storage of San Francisco. At Sonoma County Library Photo Collection.]


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. Importand 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".