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Offline Cookiemann

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O/T...Email Response...Please
« on: January 18, 2007, 01:07:05 PM »
I need info regarding old style ICE BOX...NOT Refrigerator...ICE BOX...
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Re: O/T...Email Response...Please
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2007, 01:18:26 PM »
What about them Cookieman, my buddy in Maine has one in his kitchen they use now as a pantry. What do you need to know?....<><.... :)
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Re: O/T...Email Response...Please
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2007, 01:29:26 PM »
Need to help my grandson build a mini for a school project...What were they insulated with??  Don't want to use modern materials....styrofoam...or that sort of stuff.
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Re: O/T...Email Response...Please
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2007, 01:31:46 PM »
Maybe this will help, Cookie!! ;)


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icebox
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Re: O/T...Email Response...Please
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2007, 01:41:48 PM »
I have that Tim.  It doesn''t  tell what they insulated them with...Dont think?  I assurmed the seaweed, sawdust and straw was what they used in the Ice House to insulate it after it was cut from the lake.
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Re: O/T...Email Response...Please
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2007, 01:44:09 PM »
Hey Cookieman, the icebox on the right (C) in the thread that Quick led you to looks just like my buddies in Maine. I guess Quick quickley answered your questions....<><.... :)

I would think cork or some sort of fiber, asbestos perhaps in days gone by was possibly used. Anything that would create a dead air space, shredded and fluffy newspaper should work as well as anything else.....
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2007, 01:55:22 PM »
They used those 4 things to insulate them...

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Iceboxes had hollow walls that were lined with tin or zinc and packed with various insulating materials such as cork, sawdust, straw or seaweed.
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2007, 02:03:07 PM »
Web used to have an old one that was insulated with cork.
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2007, 02:48:26 PM »
Thanks for all the help, guys.  I must have just missed that part about the insulation.  It was late last night when I was researchin' for this project.  Thanks again, question answered...now all I gotta do is draw up some plans and gather materials.  This will be fun...

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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2007, 03:19:09 PM »
hey cookieman if you use cork and depending on the size of this project you can get 12x12x3/8"or1/2" sheets of cork at any craft store  they use to use them on the wall for bulletin boards . i think they come 3or5 in pkg.....
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