tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post8684183571654325610..comments2024-03-17T02:23:41.148-06:00Comments on C&Sn3: Forget Reefer Madness!Darel Leedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17654654924870626847noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-79128141747009398802014-06-29T10:32:25.799-06:002014-06-29T10:32:25.799-06:00I recall a sprawling large building with attic ven...I recall a sprawling large building with attic vents a a long sign labeling it as the Colorado Ice Company on a lot south of the Colfax viaduct. It was always on my to-do list to get some images, and it just never got done. It was a large structure. Was it where the Auraria sports fields are now slated to go?<br /><br />Keith Hayes<br />Leadville in Sn3Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382936648041418363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-10211807440532136662014-06-27T10:37:56.197-06:002014-06-27T10:37:56.197-06:00Essentially you are correct. In fact the main Brew...Essentially you are correct. In fact the main Brewery sat in the parking lot to the S.W. of the Aquarium and the Aquarium itself is located where the Brewery Stables were (later a Furniture store). The Powerhouse was located down the hill close to the river. The C&S Westside line ran between the Powerhouse and the River. Just to the northeast of the Brewery a bridge from the 7th Street Yards crossed the River into the Westside Line. Today the 7th Street Facilities is the location of 6 Flags Elitches. Immediately to the S.W. of all of this is Investco Field. <br /><br />You didn't ask about where the South Park iced its reefers; As near as I can tell sometime in the mid to late 1880s the Colorado Ice and Cold Storage Company began at the corner of Grand (14th Ave) and Shoshone altho at the time that Street appears to have been named something else. I believe this area is west of Sante Fe under the Interstate more or less. Even tho the C&S built its own (1 1/2 car length) icing platform somewhere in the 15th Street Yards (between 15th and 17th Streets ??) the C.I.&C.S.Co. continued to do business well into the 20th Century and undoubtedly continued to supply the RR with ice. Both Standard and Narrow Gauge cars had access. Tyhere were at least two spurs into the Ice company's facilities which raises the question; did the Rr supply the Ice co with ice? (This would have been a SG operation, most likely.)<br />Derrell Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489276851661331648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-34120338870611173332014-06-27T08:28:17.538-06:002014-06-27T08:28:17.538-06:00Thanks. As for Zangs, I can only guess that is som...Thanks. As for Zangs, I can only guess that is somewhere near where the aquarium is today?<br />Help us out on the icing question. I haven't a clue.Darel Leedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654654924870626847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-65406181708981972312014-06-26T22:50:12.666-06:002014-06-26T22:50:12.666-06:00You win a gold star, D. That is exactly where it w...You win a gold star, D. That is exactly where it was.<br /><br />Wanna go for Zangs Brewery and make it a double - speaking (or not speaking) of reefer madness? Anybody? Where did Zangs get their ice after the late 1870s? Where did the South Park typically load their Reefers with Ice?<br /><br />Forget reefer madness?... the very idea, brother Keith. You should repent to ALLL the Beer Drinkers in Colorado. Past and present!Derrell Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489276851661331648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-71399073373829813882014-06-19T12:07:50.376-06:002014-06-19T12:07:50.376-06:00I'll have a go... Alcott Street (approximately...I'll have a go... Alcott Street (approximately northwest corner of 6th Ave. and I-25 on west side of the river)?<br />It is currently the site of Robinson Dairy. I can throw a stone from my office and hit the place.<br />Did I win??Darel Leedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654654924870626847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-70992820421996144422014-06-14T12:02:54.355-06:002014-06-14T12:02:54.355-06:00Okay...
...Bro Keith. Let's set aside that I ...Okay...<br /><br />...Bro Keith. Let's set aside that I have been building boxcars right along side "Reefer Madness" since the early 1980; where was Maddox Ice Company located? You live in the Denver Metro - where is that location today?Derrell Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489276851661331648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783982962714355042.post-18596877491066157702014-06-13T19:07:49.341-06:002014-06-13T19:07:49.341-06:00Now there's a detail that should be on every l...Now there's a detail that should be on every layout across the country which depicts this time period. Thanks for the tip Keith!Darel Leedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654654924870626847noreply@blogger.com