Keywords: Ice blocks
Item 23128
Moving ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1963
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1963 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 23130
Reclaiming ice, Presque Isle, 1962
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 89174
Downes property, East End Avenue Near Ice Pond, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cynthia A. Downes Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 70946
Ice House, Presumpscot Street (rear), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Ice House
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block
"They stored the ice in big barns with hay and sawdust. The hay and sawdust preserved the ice for long periods of time."
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block
"Clary Ice Cream and Candy Store. This was known as the “sweetest place in town” according to a 1907 newspaper article."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
