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2. Southern Ice Company/Atlantic Cold Storage
Sanborn Map illustrating the cold storge building's footprint on the left.
20 South Davis Street was originally built as an ice manufacturing plant for the Southern Ice Company. It was eventually acquired by the Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation. Covering its entire parcel, the three story brick structure included cold storage space, a 125-ton ice machine, and a 60-ton ice machine on the first floor. Freezing tanks and a condenser room were located above. Companies utilizing the cold storage space included Soud Brothers Wholesale Meats, Jax Food Products Corporation and the Bananza Southeast Inc. ice cream company. All that remains today is massive chunks of foundation where grass still struggles to grow.
An Atlantic Company (formerly Atlantic Ice & Coal) advertisement highlighting the Davis Street cold storage warehouse.
Chunks of concrete slab from the Southern Ice Company's engine room. 100 years ago, 125-ton and 60-ton ice machines stood in this spot.
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