Picture No | 10002084 |
Date | 1845 |
Description | Wenham Ice Lake, Massachusetts 1845 |
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Forty men and twelve horses would cut and stow away 400 tons a day. In favorite weather 100 men were sometimes employed at once. When a thaw or a fall of rain occurred, it entirely made the ice unfit for market.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 17 May 1845, page 316 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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