File:Steve Dunwell, Photographer, March 1979. VIEW SHOWING 1890 H. A. HARRIS ENGINE (LEFT); FLYWHEEL AND 1910 WOLF-LINDE DOUBLE ACTING COMPRESSOR -19A, 100-TON CAPACITY, 16-1-2' x 30'; HAER RI,4-PROV,171-2.tif

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Steve Dunwell, Photographer, March 1979. VIEW SHOWING 1890 H. A. HARRIS ENGINE (LEFT); FLYWHEEL AND 1910 WOLF-LINDE DOUBLE ACTING COMPRESSOR -19A, 100-TON CAPACITY, 16-1-2' x 30'; AND 1910 WM. A. HARRIS ENGINE, 32' x 42' (RIGHT). - Merchants Cold Storage Warehouse, 160 Kingsley Avenue, Providence, Providence County, RI
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Merchants Cold Storage and Warehouse Company; I.B. Mason and Sons; Merchants Freezing and Cold Storage Company; Mason, I B; Stone, Carpenter, and Willson; Leach, George; Fred W. Wolf Company; William A. Harris Steam Engine Company; Dunwell, Steve, photographer; King, Timothy, historian
Depicted place Rhode Island; Providence County; Providence
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER RI,4-PROV,171-2
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The cold storage warehouse was one of the first of its type in Providence, R.I. It originally utilized the latest technology in insulation, generation of electricity and refrigeration, and still functions as a cold storage warehouse. It retains a rare and exceptionally well-preserved example of a Corliss steam engine.
  • Survey number: HAER RI-12
  • Building/structure dates: 1893-1894 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ri0344.photos.145611p
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