Maine Memory Network

Edgar 'Ned' Stone Harvesting Ice on Keoka Lake (Tom Pond), ca. 1920

Contributed by: Waterford Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Waterford Media: Photographic print

Student Exhibit: Ice Harvesting

Ice Harvesting was a big industry on the Kennebec River. Several million tons of ice could be harvested in a few weeks. In 1886 the Kennebec River topped the million ton on ice production.

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library When they cut the blocks of ice, people stored it until summer."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library When they cut the blocks of ice, people stored it until summer."