Add to ORKGSome manufacturers claimed that gas powered ice field saws could cut through ice twelve inches thick, replacing five horse-drawn plows. Despite their efficiency, gas powered cutting saws could not save the natural ice harvesting industry. The last harvest, on Sandusky Bay was during the winter of 1941
Horses were an essential part of the ice harvesting industry. Outfitted with sharp steel cleats kno...
""Hard at work sawing. Handles are generally removed from the saw so that the blade can push out int...
ice nAt times [the steamer] is arrested by the heavy ice, seven feet in thickness, and then, perha...
Gasoline powered circular saws allowed harvesters to lay up larger inventories of ice before changin...
Power ice cutting saws like this one reduced labor costs and sped production of ice harvestin
After ice cutting plows completed their work, men with special ice cutting saws like this one made t...
Ice harvesters demonstrate the actual cut made by the ice cutting plow. Ice harvesters wielding ice ...
Ice men using a variety of tools to separate the ice blocks from the field and guide them to the ope...
Ice harvesters lead a horse with ice cutting plow across a snow-covered ice field in preparation for...
As early as 1852, crews like this one began harvesting ice on Sandusky Bay. Large scale ice harvest...
Ice plows were manufactured in six sizes; six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and twelve inches. The numb...
Harvesting quality ice depended on selecting the perfect field. Great care was taken to locate area...
Cutting ice for use in the house prior to electricity in early 1900s. Horse-drawn cutter used first...
plough n'Now, to cut the ice [on the pond] we would use a plough. It was like a farmer's plough, o...
A double team pulls an ice scraper across the ice field, removing snow and slush with each pass. The...
Horses were an essential part of the ice harvesting industry. Outfitted with sharp steel cleats kno...
""Hard at work sawing. Handles are generally removed from the saw so that the blade can push out int...
ice nAt times [the steamer] is arrested by the heavy ice, seven feet in thickness, and then, perha...
Gasoline powered circular saws allowed harvesters to lay up larger inventories of ice before changin...
Power ice cutting saws like this one reduced labor costs and sped production of ice harvestin
After ice cutting plows completed their work, men with special ice cutting saws like this one made t...
Ice harvesters demonstrate the actual cut made by the ice cutting plow. Ice harvesters wielding ice ...
Ice men using a variety of tools to separate the ice blocks from the field and guide them to the ope...
Ice harvesters lead a horse with ice cutting plow across a snow-covered ice field in preparation for...
As early as 1852, crews like this one began harvesting ice on Sandusky Bay. Large scale ice harvest...
Ice plows were manufactured in six sizes; six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and twelve inches. The numb...
Harvesting quality ice depended on selecting the perfect field. Great care was taken to locate area...
Cutting ice for use in the house prior to electricity in early 1900s. Horse-drawn cutter used first...
plough n'Now, to cut the ice [on the pond] we would use a plough. It was like a farmer's plough, o...
A double team pulls an ice scraper across the ice field, removing snow and slush with each pass. The...
Horses were an essential part of the ice harvesting industry. Outfitted with sharp steel cleats kno...
""Hard at work sawing. Handles are generally removed from the saw so that the blade can push out int...
ice nAt times [the steamer] is arrested by the heavy ice, seven feet in thickness, and then, perha...