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We've actually got a local company that does that same thing, Lake Boone Ice Co.
http://www.lakebooneice.com
They supply the ice to all the local companies, convenience stores, packies, restaurants with bags of ice.
I often wondered how a place like that could stay open these days till I started seeing their products all over the place.

 

Crooked, take them off and do it again!

 

Haha, just messin! It looks good, even can see a bit of the reflection in the photo.

 

I usually just eyeball that stuff

 

Show off!

 

Sticker kinda reminds me of the 2016, buyers remorse?

 

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Looks amazing! Was you able to keep your liners?

 

It's cause before its paid off he'll get a 2016

 

Actually the story , ..... This ice house barn is above ground out in the open . Made from spruce , the walls are @ 12-18" thick ( 30 - 40 cm ) OZ
, the walls are filled with sawdust like insulation. The ice will last until September!! It's much smaller than the huge barns of when it was in operation over a century ago. This was an ongoing tradition , history lesson , hands on .... I got to do all of the steps involved. Very Cool live history lesson !!
Back in the day , trains would haul the ice to NYC, Philadelphia and everywhere in between.
The final cuts are made with large hand saws, great upper body workout! 3 months of doing that and you'll be looking like Shwartzeneger !
The reason you don't see many left is that all the timber was cut to build the barns. They became the highest point around , and a perfect release point for lightning..... Lightning , wood , sawdust .....= Wildfires
The ice is raised up via elevator powered by horses.
There's a big one up in NY
If you ever get a chance to see one these , do it , you won't be sorry.
Locals or anyone can purchase a block by calling before pickup.
How cool would it be to have the pics n video, And the block at your 4th of July party chilling the Beer !

 

Its an ensuite in my upstairs which is in a dormer . Main roof pitch is 14 in 12

 

Nah , it was 1890 , I was there

 

Thats pretty cool that they still do this, i’d like to for the history of it.


My mom grew up on a farm in little south of buffalo. she said sometimes they would cut ice out of the pound they had. That would have been in the 60’s maybe 70’s

 

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Home made crank holding tool only took 220 ft lb of the 300 ft lb spec. Time to bust out the welder and beef it up!