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Subject: Brine
From: qutlx1@a...
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:07:07 EDT
Pete as I recall the salt when mixed w/the ice served to lower the 
temperature in the cars, by speeding up the melting process right?
Understand much fresh fruit moved w/the ventilator fans on and ice hatches 
open so as to distribute the cool air in the car and simply keep the load 
cool as oppossed to almost frozen. 
Further understand that as frozen foods became more common in the 50's there 
were many battles between the produce shippers and frozen food producers over 
who was going to pay the extra costs of the mech reefers.
Leo
P.S. the only ice reefers I handled were produce cars.By my time all meat was 
in mech. reefers. I do remember the heater warning placards during the 
winter.But thats another story.


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