Ice Company

Looking west from Crabtree St. (later Trent) and Hillsborough Rd., 1920s (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

Durham Light and Power, on the left side of Blackwell St., looking southwest, 1906. (Courtesy the University of North Carolina) The Durham Light and Power Company (which I believe later merged with the Durham Traction Company) had its primary power generation facilities on Blackwell St., along with its ice plant. Although the Durham Traction...