Horses were an essential part of the ice harvesting industry. Outfitted with sharp steel cleats known as calks, horses gained better traction on the ice. Thin ice and air pockets frequently caused horses to break through the ice while working on the ice fields
Some manufacturers claimed that gas powered ice field saws could cut through ice twelve inches thick...
Ice harvesters displaying the tools of their trade: marking plow, cutting plow, breaking-off bars, i...
Ploughing with a team of horses through heavy clay in middle England. The significance of ploughing ...
Three young boys assist with the horse- drawn marking plow. The hundreds of teams of horses needed ...
Most horse-drawn marking plows had guides to ensure that scoring lines were straight and 22 inches a...
Ice harvesters demonstrate the actual cut made by the ice cutting plow. Ice harvesters wielding ice ...
Cutting ice for use in the house prior to electricity in early 1900s. Horse-drawn cutter used first...
Photograph - A horse team pulling a scraper on the ice in front of a small building. Manitoba. A n...
The camera shows what appears to be a frozen-over lake on which men are driving teams of horses pull...
Ice harvesters lead a horse with ice cutting plow across a snow-covered ice field in preparation for...
Black and white illustration used by Olive Woolley Burt in the book, "How the Horse Helped Build Ame...
A header in a Kansas wheat field. Harvesting wheat in Kansas. A 4-horse header, pushed by the horses...
An image scanned from a black and white photograph of a team of horses pulling a person on plow with...
Harvesting quality ice depended on selecting the perfect field. Great care was taken to locate area...
Team of horses plowing the snow at Cle Elum, Washington.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/frederick_kru...
Some manufacturers claimed that gas powered ice field saws could cut through ice twelve inches thick...
Ice harvesters displaying the tools of their trade: marking plow, cutting plow, breaking-off bars, i...
Ploughing with a team of horses through heavy clay in middle England. The significance of ploughing ...
Three young boys assist with the horse- drawn marking plow. The hundreds of teams of horses needed ...
Most horse-drawn marking plows had guides to ensure that scoring lines were straight and 22 inches a...
Ice harvesters demonstrate the actual cut made by the ice cutting plow. Ice harvesters wielding ice ...
Cutting ice for use in the house prior to electricity in early 1900s. Horse-drawn cutter used first...
Photograph - A horse team pulling a scraper on the ice in front of a small building. Manitoba. A n...
The camera shows what appears to be a frozen-over lake on which men are driving teams of horses pull...
Ice harvesters lead a horse with ice cutting plow across a snow-covered ice field in preparation for...
Black and white illustration used by Olive Woolley Burt in the book, "How the Horse Helped Build Ame...
A header in a Kansas wheat field. Harvesting wheat in Kansas. A 4-horse header, pushed by the horses...
An image scanned from a black and white photograph of a team of horses pulling a person on plow with...
Harvesting quality ice depended on selecting the perfect field. Great care was taken to locate area...
Team of horses plowing the snow at Cle Elum, Washington.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/frederick_kru...
Some manufacturers claimed that gas powered ice field saws could cut through ice twelve inches thick...
Ice harvesters displaying the tools of their trade: marking plow, cutting plow, breaking-off bars, i...
Ploughing with a team of horses through heavy clay in middle England. The significance of ploughing ...