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chunn«J lowarfl the foot of the Blip.;tenfls ncro* tnc ironi Anri there* the changes commence. the cakes of see suddenly find an open This is the old way; Ten citkes are Ing and they tumh.e oyer a sprmg at-Tined up. the lever is pushed clown back vice composed Of ha.li a Uozei t •* — ' - i —- -' * - - —-----of the lust cake, and then the hoisting ropo Is jerked taut and the engine, pulling rapidly, pulls the load to the lop nf the incline, one man going up uiih each load to bear down on the !le\or. Two loads go up every minute • whore the/System is best mastered, j This i*jj fjie now way; The endless1 chain arrangement consists of two end-J Ww about th re a tcet apart. At1 intervals of five feet aro staunch crossj pieces, floor ofstrips winch give the cake an impetus along the gently inclined slide.ICE GBT5 A SHAVE.But before the cake reaches the eiicie it goes through the most Important part of the whole business. Each cake passes under the Ice planer. The planer ts stationary. It contains three knives, all of which may be placed at. any level desired. The first Krdfe is set twenty-two inches, above the floor ofTho f-hnin runs tip along the the incline; the second is nineteen in-tht‘ incline. Reaching the top ,ehes, and the third is seventeen inches*. 1r turns around a big wheel and takes |The larger cokes come in contact with a downward course, being supported on j r?ll‘ three knives, successively- Those i unwny six ox eight feet above the ! which nrc not ftp thick pass under the or of the slip. Out over the water J planer wii.fr only the second and third revolves around :i pair of j knives planing litem. But no cake gets wheels?. drop* three feet beneath the j through without any planing- As a rc-* ntor, nnd appears presently at the foot [ suu all the slush Ice, and all the 1m-of the slip, going up. Naturally, the rhitin being endless, part of it is al-a fiolt; the1.1 I UJf ----- . .surface ice of any nature is cut' jv 1C VO I. 1 nw \\ vrx ^phTO snnnorts one cake. Ancl,t“hc planer falls into a chute.*n a cake is snared it leaves the lake j ^ fifteen hrr?e power traction engine -vt?r. In the chain's embrace. ! supplies the motive force necessary forthe endless chain. The chain’s weight.ernrciwin f crlt;Reaching the level of tho slide (the t?Hde is the long platform which ex-aas it moves downward, greatly lightens the burden of the engine. Six men are stationed on the slide. They take the cake*? as they come along, stabbing them one bv one with great ieehooks.a cake is hoofced it is twisted aside, and guided through a door, of which there are four. Once inside the big icehouse the cake moves along anot.-er sli*e from which it is taken by ice packers who build up the tiers, one onanother. t _Charles A bra me is In charge o, thejob. Mr. Abrams is enthusiastic over radioes chain and planer. “We areDr,Wis..In t the T Yule, secure Hen both grants Clerk Mr, {laugh spend Josepi tumocMrs. u riderMary' provir turn 1 The team game? team tion j contei prtctelt;
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Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Feb 03, 1910
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WI, USA 20 Mar 2021
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