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Show COMBINED CELLAR AND ICEHOUSE I wiioeiT ' oooa V i J-itk " -vti' CELLAR A combination of a cellar with an Icehousu may be desirable under enr-tttln enr-tttln conditions where the cellar Is to be used for cold storage. The plan shown in the Illustration Is for a building build-ing 14 foot by 10 feet and 10 feet high with a 10 Inch wall filled with sawdust. Win n packing the Ice, place it within 4 Inches of the lining uf the Inner wall und till lh open spaces with sawdust. No purl of thu Icehouse Is underground. under-ground. The cellar Is beneath tho Icehouse Ice-house and the untrance to It Is on the outsldu Thu cellar Is 6 feet by 10 feet mid OVi feet high Inside measurement, measure-ment, I bough of course It cun bo mude ' laruer. Thu top of cellar Is In the I form of a half circle or arch, the mid-4U mid-4U of which extends feet up Into the li ohouae. The walls are of birch plastered over with cement. Sldf walls urn 8 Inches thick und tliose of tiir arch 4 inrhus plastered outside and inside with cement. When bujld-IhK bujld-IhK the arch wooden support should be used which la made of six Inch fencing supported by a 2 Inch by 4 Inch on each end. Two of these supports sup-ports are required, placed about I feel from each end of thu cnllnr and th. me covered with six Inch loosing laid) lengthwise of tho cellar. All thco wooden structures are removed sf'ir the brick arch Is made. A drain tIM extends around the outside of the celjir. The outside cellar door is rniid and lowered by a weight and tul ey. ' |