Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Ice cutting industries, specifically Gardiner ice cutting industry cut ice off of the Kennebec River, during the cold winter seasons when the ice was…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook Arthur Moore's Ice House, Hallowell, ca. 1940 Click on the picture to learn more about Moore's Ice…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook Arthur Moore's Ice House, Hallowell, ca. 1940Hubbard Free Library Ice houses were a big part of…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"“Once there was enough ice for the horses then you would cut holes and set up the loading platform and wait for it to freeze in solid."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"Written by Clio Barr Ice Storm Extras The ice storm of 1998 was a natural disaster in Maine. It was a bad storm for everyone, it killed people and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… the trees, sun shining on the ground covered with ice, and ice hanging off of telephone wires. Some people called it terrible and never wanted to…"

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

"Cascade Pond - Vaughan HomesteadHubbard Free Library Once there was enough ice for the horses then you would cut holes and set up the loading…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Ice Storm Interviews Ice Storm, Wingate Residence, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Clio Barr's Interview of Wendy Wingate about the Ice…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"The crews would cut pond ice into two-by-four-foot slabs weighing about 200 pounds each and store them, packed in sawdust, in ice houses."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"Biddeford and Saco were well known for ice harvesting, granite cutting, and cotton textile manufacturing."

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

"… Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Ice cutting on the Saco River, Biddeford-Saco, 1908McArthur Public Library The ice harvesting…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

"… history of schooners and steamboats, hazardous ice cutting, shipping, whaling, and also the waterfront."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"During the 1870s the ice trade was very active. Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"The ice storm had damaged public utilities, forestry, private property, and industries and the damage amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"They stored the ice in big barns with hay and sawdust. The hay and sawdust preserved the ice for long periods of time."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"It served hot peanuts and ice cream. There was a terrible hurricane in the 1970s that knocked down trees."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… Ice Company had several ice houses, and the ice was cut from the river in an area about one mile up and shipped to big cities like Boston and New…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"As soon as the ice thawed, the men would bring the logs out of storage. Life on the log drive was hard. The men worked hard 14 to 16 hours a day."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The Fuller Foundry and Knickerbocker's Ice House are on the right. Captured logs and buildings on rafts belong to the Hallowell Steam and Boom…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… Civil War shut down southern markets for fish and ice and insurance rates skyrocketed from Confederate predation on Yankee trading vessels."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… matches, ice cream spoons that came with Dixie ice cream cups, ice cream sticks, tongue depressors, candy sticks, coffee stirrers, Q-tip sticks…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"The annual Book, Plant and Bake sale, Ice Cream Social, and Yard Sale are still going strong. In 1999 the library received a grant from the Noyes…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… or trek beside ox-drawn wagons over river ice. More modern travelers had the option of driving up Route 2, along the river from Howland or down…"