The ice plow seen here is from an old pattern dating to at least the early 1800s. The long teeth cut deeply into the ice along a regular pattern that had been previously scored into the ice surface. The blocks had to be a standard size to fit into ice boxes (refrigerators). Beginning in the 1820s, a ice was harvested from rivers and ponds and was sold in towns and cities across the country, and was even exported overseas.
Olchowski, Edmund B., photographer. Scoring Ice with Ice Cutter. Photograph. 1973. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1996-37-02-011-d/. Accessed on October 10, 2024.
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