Cutting and canaling ice /

The camera shows what appears to be a frozen-over lake on which men are driving teams of horses pulling a device similar to a plow. The second camera position shows that the horses are being driven in a straight line across the ice, with the device chiseling a groove, called canaling, into the ice. This action precedes removal of the ice for storage so it can be used during the summer.Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 24Feb02; H14436.Paper print shelf number (LC 1555) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCLC also holds two related Paper Print Collection films on this subject: Circular panorama of housing the ice, and Loading the ice on cars, conveying it across the mountains and loading it into boats. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCProbably filmed in Groton Ice Fields, Groton, Massachusetts in 1902.Source used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 72.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985