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hank

December 13, 2017 08:39AM

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Oh yeah, ice was big business. At one time they even shipped ice from New England to India (in sailing ships!) so, if you did things right, he technology was there to keep it from melting for a long time.
Must have been really "fun" going out in mid-winter to cut ice by hand. Eventully they used power saws and other things.
Industry lasted until the 1950's in many places.
hank
ps to be somewhat on-topic: C&S hauled a lot of ice out of the area between Baileys & Grant on the South Park line to Kenosha Pass.

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Icing along the D&RGW Narrow gauge	shakeyjake	December 07, 2017 10:38AM
Re: Icing along the D&RGW Narrow gauge	Jim Marlett	December 07, 2017 10:58AM
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The Ice Man	hank	December 13, 2017 08:39AM
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Re: Wait, now you're telling me there were signals in Alamosa?	bullbrauch	December 29, 2020 05:01PM
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