Written by Theron L. Hiles
The Ice Crop - How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice
by Theron L. HilesThe Origin of the Ice Business in the United States—Its Wonderful Development Commercially and in the Manifold Uses of Ice—A Pen Picture of a Modern Ice Harvest. Prior to 1805, there was no regularly conducted traffic in ice, in this country. In the winter of 1805–6, a supply was secured at Boston, Mass., and the following summer a cargo was despat..