The Metz Ice Plant, also known as the Jacob Klaer Gristmill and the Milford Ice and Refrigeration Company, is an historic, American ice manufacturing plant that is located in the

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. It was added to the

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in 2007.

History and architectural features

This historic structure is a late-nineteenth century

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

that was converted to an ice manufacturing plant. The oldest section, which was built in 1869, is a -story, wood-frame building with a gambrel roof. Attached to it are two wood frame additions, the first of which was built between 1903 and 1927. Five smaller additions of

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construction were built between 1927 and 1950. Also extant is a

penstock A penstock is a sluice or gate or intake structure that controls water flow, or an enclosed pipe that delivers water to hydro turbines and sewerage systems. The term is inherited from the earlier technology of mill ponds and watermills. H ...

that carried water to the plant. The former grist mill was converted into an ice plant between 1924 and 1930. It remained in operation into the 1950s. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 2007.

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings completed in 1869 Buildings and structures in Pike County, Pennsylvania Ice companies 1869 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, Pennsylvania Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

History and architectural features

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