Before fridge dispensers, ice came from guys sawing frozen ponds into giant cubes
Original headline: Podcast: The Thompson Ice House
What happened
An Atlas Obscura podcast episode visits the Thompson Ice House and the old trade of harvesting ice. Crews once cut massive blocks from frozen ponds with saws and pickaxes, then stored and shipped them worldwide.
- Funny
- 3/10
- Wild
- 5/10
- Legit
- 9/10
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