Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond Ice harvesting and storage for summer use was prevalent through the land."

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

"Ice harvesting and storage for summer use was prevalent through the land. In Hallowell the Moore family operated and ice business for several…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 5 of 5

"Potato Harvest Memories Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society One of the fields had trees around it."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"Ice harvesting began to expand as the demand for chilled food and drinks grew. Ice was the primary way of preserving food until freon refrigeration…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"Biddeford and Saco were well known for ice harvesting, granite cutting, and cotton textile manufacturing."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"Ice harvesters have had a hard time with the flood also. Two nearly build ice shacks have been blown in the river by a gale."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"Ice cutting would become an important industry, and remained so until the turn of the century. Around 1861 the first two schooners specially equipped…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"People went out on the river ice in the winter and cut blocks of ice with large snows. They stored the ice in big barns with hay and sawdust."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… the river froze and shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… Biddeford and Saco to work in textile mills, ice harvesting manufactures, lumber mills, and granite quarries."

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…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… the river froze and shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company and shipped to cities in the south to help aid…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… the river froze and shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid…"

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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…"

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."

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."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… Boom and Bust in the 19th Century The first harvest was old growth timber. Felled trees were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Agriculture By Taffy Davis Harvesting Autumn CropsFarmington Historical Society Rich soil and the Sandy River, a source of water, travel and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Farm began a CSA at Skyline Farm, sharing its harvest of locally grown produce to participating families who live in the Greater Portland area."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… his preparations—tapping trees, preserving harvest and clearing lands—upon his arrival, he found most of his stores damaged by bears."