Refrigeration Equipment Aboard the
Cruiser OLYMPIA
By Patrick McSherry
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Proceeding aft, on the port side, the
visitor will pass the doors leading into OLYMPIA's
ice and refrigeration equipment room. She was equipped with a
one-and-a-half ton Allen ice machine. The system utilized the
expansion of air to create the cooling. The amount of ice that could
be produced was quite small, measured in the low hundreds of pounds
per day, if it was not also used to cool water for other purposes.
Piping from the ice machine was also run through the Refrigeration
Room to help cool the space, and keep the food stored there preserved.
Cold air was also piped to the “scuttlebutt” (crew’s drinking water
dispenser) to provide chilled water.
The equipment can be seen through the glass ports adjacent to the
doors. The OLYMPIA was the first United
States naval vessel to be equipped with refrigeration, allowing for
great changes in the diet of the ordinary sailor.
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