Item 1202 - Ice harvesting equipment, Bowdoinham, ca. 1895
- Item 1202 - Ice harvesting equipment, Bowdoinham, ca. 1895
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- Item 1202
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Image Info Two men working with ice block equipment at the Consolidated Ice Co. operation in Bowdoinham.
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The man on the right is lining each block up to be lifted by the steam-powered conveyor belt into the ice house nearby.
This operation on the Kennebec River was run as a monopoly at the turn of the 19th century by Charles W. Morse of Bath.
