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Re: (erielack) Re: (erielack )Marion Ice house/Yard
Henry,
Thanks for posting this diagram and yes this was the Marion ice house location. This is the
first Sanborn map that I've ever seen for Marion that incl yard trackage that far west of
Kenton Avenue.
Did the Sanborn maps depict other buildings within the yard such as the manifest yard
office located across the icing platform tracks and eastbound main from the ice house?
Terry Miliczky
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From: "J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_bluemoon.net>
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Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 5:48 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Re: (erielack )Marion Ice house/Yard
> Was the Marion ice house approximately one mile west of the roundhouse on the
> south side of the yard?
>
> On a 1929 Sanborn map I found a large ice house labeled as "The City Ice &
> Fuel Co" with a long loading platform adjacent to the Erie tracks. On the
> index map it is referred to as the "Hornell Ice & Cold Storage Co" and
> "(T. H. I. & C. S. Co.)" appears on the map page on both sides of the ice
> house and "(H. I. & C. S. Co.) appears on there as well. Hornell Ice & Cold
> Storage Co built the Erie's ice plant at Hornell (1912), naturally, and in the
> July to December 1913 issue of "Ice and Refrigeration Illustrated" Volume 45,
> there is a news item stating "Marion - The Hornell Ice & Cold Storage Co. are
> building a new 150-ton ice making plant, contract for machinery, including
> boilers and plant complete, having been let to the Ice & Cold Machine Co., St.
> Louis, Mo." I can find very lilttle about Hornell Ice & Cold Storage on the
> web. Does anyone know if it was in any way affiliated with the Erie? It was
> still in existence in December on 1940 as it was involved in a "capital stock
> tax" lawsuit.
>
> The ruins of the site are still visible in Google Earth and it appears to have
> been long gone in an April 6, 1994 aerial photo.
>
> The Marion Hornell Ice And Cold Storage Co site was also apparently the focus
> of some kind of "Asbestos Jobsite" crusade, one of many that an asbestos
> related mesothelioma ambulance chasing firm is still targeting.
>
> As an aside, it was reported in the Andover News that the Hornell Ice & Cold
> Storage built EL Hornell ice house, abandoned since September of 1966, burned
> early in the morning on Friday, May 17, 1968. At least a portion of the ice
> plant was in the process of being demolished when it was destroyed by fire.
> This was reported in the Andover News because Andover Ponds ice had been
> stored there and used for icebox delivery in the area.
>
> A Sanborn map snippet from some time between 1929 and 1949 (the page says
> 1929, but it is supposedly updated to 1949) is attached.
>
> Henry
>
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