This was a permission visit . The building is still being used for storage regularly on the ground floor . The upper floors are becoming a little unstable . It is owned by w stevensons and permission should be sought before entering .
Newlyn is a fishing town appoximatly 10 miles from landsend. In the late 19th century is was a hive of industry with hundreds of fishing boats going to sea every day. many images are portrayed in the paintings of stan hope forbes and other artist.
Near the market is the Newlyn Iceworks built in 1903 to serve the pilchard fleet who worked out of newlyn. Water was supplied by a private reservoir situated in the village of shefield 2 miles away . The pressure from this reservoir was enough to pump the water up to the 4th floor.
The ice would be made from a steam powered compressor on the ground floor
Which was later converted to electricity
water was pumped up to these hoses on the 4th floor
and poured into setting blocks (beneath these hatches)
The solid blocks would then be hoisted across the room on this hoist or, more often , dragged with large hooks.
and sent down into this crusher
This crusher was driven by a series of belts down below
The crushed ice would then come down this wooded chute.
Later, electric ice machines were installed to make flake ice into a hopper.
The entrance to one of the hoppers (sorry - only had limited light)
so into the hopper - sorry again about the low light . You can see the the shaft leading down to where the hatches were.
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A better view of the winch gear used to lift the ice blocks from the molds (below the red hatches) to the crusher ( to the far right )
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View from the window (seagull not impressed !!)
Part of an old pilchard press
List of boats supplied
somebodys memories
Hope you found this interesting
Newlyn is a fishing town appoximatly 10 miles from landsend. In the late 19th century is was a hive of industry with hundreds of fishing boats going to sea every day. many images are portrayed in the paintings of stan hope forbes and other artist.
The ice would be made from a steam powered compressor on the ground floor
Which was later converted to electricity
water was pumped up to these hoses on the 4th floor
and poured into setting blocks (beneath these hatches)
The solid blocks would then be hoisted across the room on this hoist or, more often , dragged with large hooks.
and sent down into this crusher
This crusher was driven by a series of belts down below
The crushed ice would then come down this wooded chute.
Later, electric ice machines were installed to make flake ice into a hopper.
The entrance to one of the hoppers (sorry - only had limited light)
so into the hopper - sorry again about the low light . You can see the the shaft leading down to where the hatches were.
A better view of the winch gear used to lift the ice blocks from the molds (below the red hatches) to the crusher ( to the far right )
View attachment 549590
View from the window (seagull not impressed !!)
Part of an old pilchard press
List of boats supplied
somebodys memories
Hope you found this interesting
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