#2196 - Greg Fitzsimmons

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When was that? 13 feet in diameter and 18 feet deep. Many tines of ice were cut from a nearby river in the winter, transported by wagon to the ice house, deposited into the ice pits. The blocks of ice fused into one giant mass. Gravel at the bottom of the pit drained water from the melting and the thick stone walls and straw insulation minimized heat loss from the ice house above.