Keywords: Ice cutting
Item 23128
Moving ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1963
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1963 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 1203
Ice scraping, Bowdoinham, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bowdoinham Media: Photographic print
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
Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting
"Ice cutting industries, specifically Gardiner ice cutting industry cut ice off of the Kennebec River, during the cold winter seasons when the ice was…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook Arthur Moore's Ice House, Hallowell, ca. 1940 Click on the picture to learn more about Moore's Ice…"
Story
Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall
We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.
Story
The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall
Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.
