Florida Power and Light Company Ice Plant, Melbourne Florida
On December 20, 1926, work began on the Florida Power & Light Company of Miami Ice Plant on Dixie Highway in Melbourne by its construction subsidiary, the Phoenix Utility Company. The steel frame, tile block and stucco building was to cost $25,000. The additional equipment, of which the first car load arrived earlier in July, would bring the total investment to almost $100,000. The property was purchased from Phoebe B. Green and Lillian M. Barnum, both of Melbourne, for an undisclosed amount. Test holes drilled by the Phoenix Utility Co. indicated dry, hard-packed sand to 6 feet. At the time Melbourne was a small town of approximately 5,000 consisting mainly of houses, a few small hotels, a downtown area, and a
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