Re: Today's old-time ice harvest - warning- many

Posted by jdemaris on February 03, 2007 at 14:37:37 from (69.67.234.167):

In Reply to: Re: Today's old-time ice harvest - warning- many posted by Hugh MacKay on February 03, 2007 at 13:54:10:

The ice-harvest in the photos is nowhere near Erie Canal. The guy - actually - the guy and his wife who bring the mules are from Erie Canal Village Museum in Rome, New York. The ice-harvest is in East Meredith, New York at Hanford Mills Museum. My wife is the asst. director. The people with the mules are nice enough to bring them here every year. The website for Erie Canal Village is . . . - wait a minute. I forgot - I can't post links here - the word-police will delete my post. This reply has already been deleted twice - with no warning - and it's tough trying to figure what extactly is being disallowed. Just do a search for "erie canal village" and it will come right up. Their contact info is:
5789 New London Road (Routes 46 & 49) Rome, New York 13440
If you read about the Erie Canal, then you realize it was first made by joining a bunch of small canals that were dug all over the place.
In reference to the Model T ice-saw - they don't use it - it's too "modern" being a 1918 vintage. The museum is not a replica - it's one of the few, still intact, water-powered saw and grist mills. It did have steam power at one time for use when water was low, and they're in the process of getting the steam going again.
In regard to cooling cream - in my area - many milk houses were built over springs or creeks to keep the cream and milk cool. Ice was also used. Many old-timers used to go into the deep woods by favorite fishig spots. They'd saw ice, dig a hole an bury it with grass, leaves, straw, etc. Then, in the hot summer - they go back in, catch fish and pack them on the ice they'd saved.

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