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A First Ice-Making Plant and an Alligator in the Great Miami

October 25, 2018 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

Dayton Ice Manufacturing and Cold Storage Co First Plant

When the above structure was built in 1892, it was the first ice-making plant "in this section of the country." Located at the corner of Harries and Spratt Streets, the Dayton Ice Manufacturing and Cold Storage Co. was likely the reason that Spratt would soon be renamed Ice … [Read more...] about A First Ice-Making Plant and an Alligator in the Great Miami

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: C. Wight & Son, Chad Diggs, Dayton Frozen Solutions, Dayton Ice Manufacturing and Cold Storage Co, Frank J. Kunkle, H. H. Ritter, John Wasmuth, John Wheeler, Sanborn Maps

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