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AKA: Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Ice-Packing Facility, Santa Barbara, CA
Structure Type: built works - infrastructure - transportation structures - railroad stations
Designers: [unspecified]
Dates: [unspecified]
Overview
This facility provided the ice needed to preserve fruit as it was being transported by rail from Santa Barbara orchards and fields to their commercial destinations across the US.
Building Notes
The Southern Pacific Ice-Packing Station stood near the intersection of Santa Barbara Street and the Southern Pacific tracks. The ice plant was located across the tracks and to the east of the Southern Pacific Freight Station. (See www.thirdrail.com, "Southern Pacific in Santa Barbara," accessed 03/19/2021.)
Demolition
The ice-packing facility was torn down.
PCAD id: 23952
