Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… be purchased and put in ice boxes as a source of refrigeration until William Cullen would invent the first refrigerator."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3

"She had a subcontractor do the refrigeration and in thanks they gave her a trip to the Bahamas. At the busiest time, the forum had thirty men working…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"… were used to cool Bangor and Aroostook Railroad refrigerator cars for shipping potatoes. Cement blocks were manufactured in the small building on…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"… the primary way of preserving food until freon refrigeration was created in the early 1900s. Prior to the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, ice was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… and sold at top prices.” In 1872, the first refrigerated rail car came to Farmington. The car’s walls were lined with charcoal (which did not…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration. Although travel on the Penobscot River remained important to Hampden, an…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"The ice there lasted three years. Then of course refrigeration came and that was the end of it.” A bit of refreshment after the job is…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… dependent on our music, and our television, our refrigerators, and our showers, and our washing machines."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"After World War II, the refrigerators were invented which took on the role of storing and making ice."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"After World War II, the refrigerators were invented which took on the role of storing and making ice."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"The ice there lasted three years. Then of course refrigeration came and that was the end of it." A bit of refreshment after the job is…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration. Although travel on the Penobscot River remained important to Hampden, an…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… The fishing industry Before the advent of refrigeration on vessels, Maine's fishing villages hosted the fishermen who caught the fish, the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… apples, eggs and maple syrup.” In 1872, the first refrigerated rail car came to Farmington. The car’s walls were lined with charcoal (which did not…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"We didn’t have refrigerators so I remember a man coming around with ice and we would eat the small pieces."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"He invented a unique method of refrigerating butter, and was well-respected for the goods he sold. Centre street, Bath, ca."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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