Which ice house are you guys talking about? Where they made the ice or
where they loaded the cars. The building where they made the ice was across
the tracks from the passenger terminal on south street. They supplied the
ice for the Q. It was owned and operated by the Smith family. I went to
school with the son.(Class of 1950) The ice blocks were 300 lbs. and cast
in molds. I worked at the depot when in college and loaded many sleepers at
night with blocks of ice in there bunkers.
_____
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
georgeshannon2003
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:15 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Galesburg Icehouse
Well, since I see no other replies, let me tell what little about
the Galesburg Icehouse that I know.
I was born in 1954 and my father took me to visit Grandpa working at
the icing platform several times during what must have been my first
six years. I would go up onto the icing platform and every now and
then a piece of ice would come by that was small enough to fit in my
hand so Grandpa would give it to me. I remember it being on tall
creosote piers with a long stairway leading up to the platform. The
men would move the ice from the platform to fill bunkers in the cars
below.
There were long lines of old steam locomotives sitting idle and when
I asked what they were doing just sitting there, Granpa stated they
were waiting to go to the scrap yard. I thought that was so sad.
They were magnificent beasts.
Hope this helps and wasn't just a nostalgic waste of time,
George
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups. <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> com, Dave Hancox
<dhancox@...> wrote:
>
> Hiya Guys,
>
> Does anyone know when the Galesburg Il, Icehouse was pulled down?
> Im looking at modeling the Galesburg roundhouse area for a train
layout
> and was wondering if it was still around in early 1950s.
>
> cheers
> Dave Hancox
>
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