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Historical Items Showing 3 of 517 View All
Item 23130
Title: Reclaiming ice, Presque Isle, 1962
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society
Date: 1962
Location: Presque Isle
Media: Photograph
Item 31847
Title: Arthur Moore's Ice House, Hallowell, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library
Date: circa 1940
Location: Hallowell
Media: photograph
Item 27951
Title: Ice House, Bath, ca. 1903
Contributed by: Patten Free Library
Date: circa 1903
Location: Bath
Media: cyanotype photograph
Tax Records Showing 3 of 11 View All
Item 76766
Address: 180-186 St. John Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Deering Ice Cream Company
Use: Ice Cream Plant
Item 76767
Item 76764
Address: 176-178 St. John Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Deering Ice Cream Company
Use: Dwelling - Two family
Exhibits Showing 3 of 8 View All
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Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.
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A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."
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The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.