CIBSE HERITAGE GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS of the ICE TRADE
The organised harvesting of natural ice, cut from lakes in northern climates in winter, then transported south and stored for summer use, lasted from about 1820 to around 1920 when it
was supplanted by artificial ice produced by refrigeration
Cutting lake ice into giant blocks (Norway)
Cutting and transporting natural ice (USA)
Unloading ice from Norway at the docks (Great Yarmouth)
Loading ice wagons (Keystone Cold Storage Co, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1900)
Mass production of ice by refrigeration (England, early 1900’s)
Ice delivery cart in London (United Carlo Gatti, Stevenson & Slaters Co, early 1900’s)
A Chicago iceman making his rounds (early 1900’s)
Inspecting manufactured ice, made by the ice cake system (United States Pliable Plate Ice Co, New York, 1905)
Handling large ice blocks (York Manufacturing)
