Hi Jewel, for many years, starting in at least the 16thcentury or so, ice was a pretty signifficant new england export. It was cut from ponds and the like using huge 2 man saws and stored in "ice houses" which were at least partially under ground. They packed it in saw dust as an insulator.
It could then be shipped fairly successfully in sailing ships, again packed in saw dust, to many parts of the world. Until probably before world war II in this country, delivering ice was a common occupation. Finished up only when refrigeration became commonplace. I bet most of that was winter cut and stored. Not that I remember those days, quite, <GRIN> tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
