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Want to buy an ice cream factory?
By Ron Newman on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 10:46am
Just show up at the old Brigham's plant in Arlington next Thursday at 10 am. Don't forget to bring a check for $250,000.
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The dirty secret of ice-cream making
I now work in a building next to a Sealtest/Breyer's/Unilever (ice-cream coated tires?) plant, and one thing it has are these humongous ammonia tanks, used for refrigerating the ice cream. Yumm, ammonia!
It's no secret...
My Dad works at that Breyer's plant! Believe me, they're very careful and extremely safety conscious.
I personally love the giant cream silo.
OK, not really secret, so I take that back
You can see them from the turnpike and all. And I hear they're lovely in the fall.
Can you smell the amonnia? (I hope not)
you shouldn't!
From what I understand, the ammonia is run through a system of closed pipes, and that it's the pipes that cause the chilling/refrigeration. No ammonia running around loose.
No, you can't smell the ammonia
Then again, you can't smell the ice cream, either.
No, I'm not worried about Toxic Ammonia Death when I park at work.
Biggest Ammonia Risk
The most risky operation associated with these ammonia tanks is usually the transfer of ammonia from a truck or rail car to the tanks. Most of the accidents I checked into when modeling plume scenarios in graduate school were of the "accident in transit" and "accident during refilling" nature.
Kind of like most planes crashing on takeoff or landing.
What about that Puritan Ice Cream place near the Forest Hills T?
Speaking of ice cream factories, what about that Puritan Ice Cream place near the Forest Hills train station? I assume it is not functional, but does anyone know more about it?
When I drive past, I always imagine "puritan ice cream" as being just ice with a little dash of cream, nothing fancy, very basic and puritan.
Apparently, it is functional
Just very quiet. See here.