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Archive: April 2024 (2 Posts)

two men stand on the ices holding ice saws propped on the ground with cut marks in the ice where the blocks of ice were to be cut; one man pushes a rectangular section that is pushed slightly out of place ready to be harvested

Ice Cold: The Business of Ice

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

The ice keeping your beverage cold has a fascinating history that includes ice harvesting, war contracts, artificial ice machines, a financial panic, and not one, but two Ice Kings.