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Wilson Power and Light Company Ice Plant

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Early Commercial

Opened
  
1930

Built
  
1930 (1930)

NRHP Reference #
  
09001244

Added to NRHP
  
21 January 2010

Wilson Power and Light Company Ice Plant

Location
  
120 E. Broadway St., West Memphis, Arkansas

Similar
  
Memphis & Arkansas Bridge, Frisco Bridge, Hernando de Soto Bridge, Harahan Bridge

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The Wilson Power and Light Company Ice Plant is a historic industrial facility at 120 East Broadway in West Memphis, Arkansas. Built in 1930, it is a regionally distinctive brick structure, used for the manufacture and distribution of ice, a critical product that facilitated the shipment of perishable goods prior to the advent of refrigerated trucks. Its front facade is dominated by a loading dock, sheltered by a corrugated metal awning. The main decorative feature of the building is its parapet, formed of brick and cast stone. The interior retains original features, such as large 40-gallon vats which were used to produce 300-pound blocks of ice.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, at which time it was still in use as an icemaking facility.

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Wilson Power and Light Company Ice Plant Wikipedia


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