Ice cutting is a winter task of collecting surface ice from lakes and rivers for storage in ice houses and use or sale as a cooling method. Rare today, it was common (see ice trade) before the era of widespread mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning technology. [1] The work was done as a winter chore by many farmers and as a winter occupation by icemen. Kept insulated, the ice was preserved for cold food storage during warm weather, either on the farm or for delivery to residential and commercial customers with ice boxes. A large ice trade existed in the 19th and early 20th centuries, until mechanical refrigeration displaced it.

Tools for Harvesting the Ice - Woods Hole Historical Museum

Radial arm saw: a versatile machine, mainly for cross-cutting. The blade is pulled on a guide arm through a piece of wood that is held stationary on the saw's table. We were all really excited because we were really looking forward to their future. And he didn’t get a chance to ask her and then this happened,” she said. Inspection of Ice. Ice and Refrigeration Illustrated, Southern Ice Exchange. 1896 . Retrieved 2011-10-17.Band saw: a ripsaw on a motor-driven continuous band. Portable sawmills are typically band saw mills. Harris, J.; Lucas., A. (2012). Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries. Dover. p.449. ISBN 9780486144948.

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AFP (13 November 2008). "Ice is money in China's coldest city". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012 . Retrieved 26 December 2009. Cutting of ice in winter that is stored for cooling in summer Icecutters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1890s 1919 filmreel of ice-harvesting in Pennsylvania, US (silent)We tried again on a different day and found, as expected the cube inside melted faster than the one outside. More fun science for kids While the large cube has been “popular in good bars for a little while”, the focus on ice is not a new thing.