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Riding Plow for Scoring Ice Ice Wagon Ice Saw Ice Tongs Ice Hook Harvesting Ice Cutting Ice from the River Ice House Shipping Ice Harvesting Ice on Meredosia Lake Ice Cutting at Browning Harvesting Ice from Meredosia Lake River Ice Harvesting Ice Ice Harvesting at Havana Ice Chute to a commercial ice company in Havana. Commercial ice company, Havana, Illinois Cutting Ice from the River <B>Cutting Ice in Quincy Bay, 1900</B><BR>In the foreground the grid lines cut by the horse-drawn plow are clearly visible. <B>Ice Conveyor</B><BR>This 1900 photograph shows the blocks of ice being pushed up the ice conveyor to a higher level of the riverbank. The men will load it onto the wagon, which will take it to the ice house for storage. Cutting Ice Up Bay - School Boys <B>Cutting Ice Up Bay - Bickhans</B><BR> This scene in Quincy Bay, 1900, shows blocks of ice in the foreground and people standing on the uncut ice in the background. <b>Cutting Ice Up Bay - High School Boys 2</B><BR>The boys are standing on a platform at the edge of the ice. They will clear the snow from the next section before continuing to cut. <B>Ice Harvesting Tools</B><BR>These tools are an example of ice-harvesting technology circa 1900. The Singletree walking-plow cut lines in the ice to make a grid. Ice saws finish cutting through the thick ice. <b>Hutmacher's Ice House, Quincy, Illinois</B><BR>Men are guiding bocks of ice on and off the ice conveyor at Hutmacher's Ice House in Quincy. The blocks were arranged in layers packed with sawdust. <B>Horse-drawn Ice Plow</B><BR>The horse-drawn ice plow was used to cut grooves into the ice to create a grid. The plow was run several times over the same place, cutting deeper at each pass.

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