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Lawlor Ice Business Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond Henry E. Tracy Ice Pond Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Lawlor Ice Business Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond Henry E. Tracy Ice Pond Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In the 21st Century we may think of ice as something that comes out of the doors of our refrigerator or a nice skating surface in an indoor rink, but, in the 18th and early 19th centuries the ice business produced a very necessary product and employed many people. See: “Ice Harvesting Sampler” DVD, produced by Northeast Historic Film, Black & White, NTSC, 33 minutes - 1994. This “compilation of newsreel and amateur footage of ice harvesting operations in Maine includes ice-house interiors with massive ice blocks being maneuvered at high speed, and horse teams delivering ice to brownstones in Boston.” “America’s Icemen: An Illustrative History of the United States Natural Ice Industry 1665-1925” by Joseph C. Jones Jr., published by Jobeco Books, 1984. “The American Ice Harvests: A Historical Study in Technology, 1800-1918” by Richard O. Cummings, published by the University of Calfornia Press, 1949. [show more] File Attachment: Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond.pdf …near the center of the town on the road to McKinley, but efficient work on the part of the fire Department protected the surrounding property." - The Bar …Harbor; Dep. …Sheriff Lyle Reed of McKinley." - The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, December 18, 1947. "C.W. …." - The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, December 18, 1947. The town of Southwest Harbor acquired Chris's Pond on March 4, 1957 at the Town Meeting. |