These men are floating blocks of ice along a channel and pushing them up a ramp and into a wagon. The man on the far right is using an ice hook to lift a block onto the ramp. Ice was stored in sawdust in icehouses, where it would keep for several months.
Olchowski, Edmund B., photographer. Lifting Ice from the Water. Photograph. 1973. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1996-37-02-012-d/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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