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Ice house in Akron. Ohio| Klages Coal and Ice Company | |
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| Alternative names | Royal Crown Bottling company |
| General information | |
| Type | Ice house |
| Town or city | Akron. Ohio |
| Completed | 1888 |
| Owner | Original owner: Henry Klages |
Akron Ice House (1888) The Klages Coal & Ice Company Akron, Ohio. was co-founded by German immigrants Henry Klages and August Blessman. The business was passed on to their sons, Louis Klages and Water Blessman. The building was also a Royal Crown Bottling Co. plant.
History
In the late 1880s Henry Klages won the right to all of the ice on Akron, Ohio's Blue Pond.
Klages Coal & Ice Company was built in 1888 on N. Summit street, Akron, Ohio. Klages Coal & Ice was established in 1888 by two German immigrants Henry Klages and August Blessman. Henry Klages died in 1899 and the business was passed to his son Louis Klages and to August Blesman's son, Water Blessman. From I1947 to the 1980s, the building was a Royal Crown Bottling Co. plant.
Fire
On January 29, 1892 three of the Klages Coal & Ice - ice houses by Summit Lake burned down. A neighbor had started fires nearby which caused the buildings to burn. Klages Coal & Ice had no insurance and damages were estimated at $1500.
Other known uses of the building
• Royal Crown Bottling Company 1947
References
- "Henry Klages Dead". East Liverpool Evening News Review. 21 July 1899. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- Price, Mark J. (23 January 2012). "Local history: Ice harvest a cold slice of Ohio's past". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Klages Coal & Ice". Summit Memory. Summit Memory. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- "Ice House Burned". Defiance Daily Crescent. 5 February 1892. Retrieved 17 July 2020.