Ice Harvesting Tools For Sale

Seasonal shifts in temperature would define each annual yield relative to the depth and re freeze rate of the ice.

Ice harvesting tools for sale.

Most items associated with ice harvesting would have to be categorized as primitives or country collectibles ice saws and tools of various types will sell for only 10 50 if they are unmarked and rusted and weathered. To harvest ice the first job was to obtain access to a lake frozen to a depth substantial for harvesting. A good ice cutter would pull the saw almost out of the ice then lean far over to push the saw handles almost to the surface of the pond. The ax eventually gave way to the hand ice saw which was later augmented by horse drawn ice.

To meet the ever increasing demand for ice harvesting was done on ponds rivers bays and even canals more about canal ice later. Historic ice harvesting in woods hole tools for harvesting the ice ice saws. Used in the ice harvest ice tongs like these were an indispensable part of every ice deliveryman s equipment. And the ledyard historic district commision the ledyard sawmill has a collection of ice harvesting equipment.

Antique handmade wooden storage tool box box joint dovetail corners hinged lid. Some of the equipment is thought to have been used by fred allyn to harvest natural ice from sawmill pond. Producing upwards of 8 million tons a year the annual harvest in ice was more than just toil but a harvest like any other. Ice wasn t always cool part 2.

Antique wood farm barn planter 4 feet long shabby chic chippy paint. A pond ice saw is very long because it needs to cut through ice that might be 18 inches thick. Antique 3 cast iron horse stay tether knoll post hitch rare round. Through the generosity of fred allyn sr.

In the late 1700s for example men used axes to chop ice from ponds. Along with a new industry new techniques tools and storage houses had to be developed if the competitive edge was to be retained. A variety of one handed crosscut saws some measuring 5 to 6 feet or longer was used to open channels and finish cutting the ice into harvestable blocks. Antique vintage 35 hay knife or ice saw old primitive farm tool.

Methods and tools changed over time of course. The ice trade also known as the frozen water trade was a 19th century and early 20th century industry centring on the east coast of the united states and norway involving the large scale harvesting transport and sale of natural ice and later the making and sale of artificial ice for domestic consumption and commercial purposes ice was cut from the surface of ponds and streams then. Photos of the collection and a description of the tools follows. Large antique metal grape harvesting hod primitive country farm decor wine.

The surface would then be marked out for the relevant sized cakes american shipped ice cakes were around 22 inches square. Storage techniques and tools.