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Re: Harvesting Ice from a Lake

Tim O'Connor
 

My hometown of Sterling MA had an ice house on the B&M line, and the ice was harvested from the
local water reservoir ponds. I think this was quite common in the 19th century.

On 9/22/2019 9:04 PM, rwitt_2000 via Groups.Io wrote:
Four photos of workmen harvesting ice from a ,lake.

https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A147968/datastream/IMAGE/view

Caption: Four pictures of men cutting and transporting ice off of lake. Building looks unfinished. One shows ice being loaded on boxcar. Handwritten on mat back: "Ice house 'Lake Station' 1915. Claire County, Mich., P.M.R.R., Cranberry Lake."

There are lots of railroad freight car stuff on this site. Try different search terms.

Bob Witt
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*Tim O'Connor*
*Sterling, Massachusetts*
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