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| Batavia Depot Museum posted Ice harvesting on the Fox River c1900 Before refrigeration, ice harvesting on the Fox River was an important and necessary industry.Maryann Wolcott Do you have any pictures of the Ice storage buildings or delivery wagons? I loved telling people about this whole process when I was a docent at the Downers Grove Museum. |
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| Comment on above posting Here is the Parce ice house located near River & Logan St. |
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| Comment on above posting And one of the Parce delivery wagons |
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| Fabulous Fox National Water Trail—Thru Kane County posted Thank you to Batavia Depot Museum for this one: Wayback Wednesday. The frozen Fox River's western shore c 1900. This photograph was taken from the west Wilson Street bridge looking north west. The large white building with the windmills was owned by U. S. Wind Engine & Pump. Ice cutters at work are seen on the far right side of the image. Workers send blocks of ice up a ramp to the J. Micholson (or Lundberg & Peterson, depending on the year) Ice House on the shore. Before electric refrigeration was commonplace, harvesting ice was big business. Multiple ice houses operated in Batavia and January was the best time of year to harvest. All the ice that would be sold to cool rail cars and refrigerators for the rest of the year was harvested in about a week. P3858 |
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