Cold Room

Cold Rooms are designed to control temperature and humidity. They can be used for the growth of cells and organism storage but can also be used for general chemistry and biology. They typically are prefabricated metal boxes that have closed air circulation.

There were cold rooms and constant temperature rooms on almost every floor of Buildings 29 and 29A, as these are essential for lab work.

image of a metal door leading to the refrigerated room

Cold Room with the door closed in Building 29A, Room 1A05.

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The refrigerated room with the door open. two fans can be seen in the top rear of the room, The walls and floor are metal. The room is empty.

Cold Room with the door open in Building 29A, Room 1A05.

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inside the refrigerator the walls and floor are metal.

Cold Room Interior, Building 29A. Room 1A05.

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peering into the refrigerated room, the temperature controls and monitoring device can be seen to the left outside the room.

Cold Room in Building 29A, Room 1A05.

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Temperature Monitor

a close up of the temerature monitoring device show a circular graph paper onto which a pen records the temperature changes over time.

Temperature monitoring equipment outside of a Cold Room in Building 29A, Room 1A05.

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