I don’t know what year the plant was built, but it sure was cold in there. Lockers size, I think, were about 2 ft. by 2 ft. with a depth of about 2 ½ ft. I think some larger size lockers were below, but don’t remember for sure. The Schorzmans were one of the proprietors of the locker plant. A butcher shop was located in the plant and meat was cut and wrapped in white paper and labeled with black or red marking pens and held together with a paper glue sealed sticker. Whacking two packages sounded like smacking bricks together. Length of time in the frozen lockers seemed to be about 3 minute durations. This was a sure way to keep roasts, steaks, chicken, frozen cherries, etc. until time of use. Does anyone remember the temperature inside the plant??? 5 – 10 degrees?
I remember going in the locker plant with my sister, Ethel Rath, and my mom Mrs. Frank Crabtree. I never thought about what the actural temperature inside was but I know that we did not spend any more time in there than we absolutely had to, shivering all the time.
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