Maine Memory Network

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."

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."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Ice men are guiding ice blocks toward the steam-powered conveyor belt. This belt lifts the blocks up, into the ice house for later shipping."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Men would guide blocks of ice towards the conveyor belt that lifted the ice into the ice houses for shipping later."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Men would guide blocks of ice towards the conveyor belt that lifted the ice into the ice houses for shipping later."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"You would have to cut it to fit the ice box and then carry it up to the house. If they weren’t home they would leave the money on the corner of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"The White Mountains were covered by heavy ice, blocking 850 miles of trails and roads. All that ice from the storm destroyed power lines, which…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"You would have to cut it to fit the ice box and then carry it up to the house. If they weren’t home they would leave the money on the corner of the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"Each ice block is approximately 24 inches x 24 inches by 20 inches and weighs about 260 pounds. Many of these ice blocks eventually were used to cool…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Ice Storm Interviews Ice Storm, Wingate Residence, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Clio Barr's Interview of Wendy Wingate about the Ice…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"Then, in warmer weather, the ice would be loaded onto schooners for transport to market. As the granite industry was coming into its own, another…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… period, including the Granite Block, the Union Block, the Bank Block and the Church Block, the latter having replaced the Universalist Church razed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… and rendered unrepairable when it fell into the ice pond in the park. It was soon replaced with the Spirit of the Sea."

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"… to get to mail boxes? A Yes it was there were ice and branches blocking the mail box. The police are the only ones that can postpone the delivery…"

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"… City HallHubbard Free Library Ice storm' Hallowell House, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library During the Ice Storm of 1998, Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Ice harvesters had to say goodbye to their ice fields when they were flooded. Also the harvesters ice shacks were taken by the wind and down the…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… and cabinetmakers, and also produced wood-block patterns for the oil-cloth factories. Later it produced wooden lasts for the shoe factories."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… bridge was a five-span structure, with granite block piers and abutments supporting five timber kingpost trusses."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Randlett. The ice cream shop still remains, now known as the Dark Harbor Shop. Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… the Rural Development and a Community Development Block grant for that purpose.  However that proved to be too costly an endeavor, particularly as…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… quickly notified the residents of the nearby Nile Block tenement. His prompt alert saved the lives of all the residents in that building and helped…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"An ice house was often located near the sawmill in order to take advantage of the sawdust, and employed drillers, saw-men, oxen teams, and delivery…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Koritsky Block Fire, Guilford, Feb. 3, 1969Guilford Historical Society Half the downtown burned in a tremendous fire during a wild snowstorm in…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"First came the ice, then logs and ice, and finally buildings were seen in the water as it rose over 4 feet in 15 minutes."