Thanks for taking the time to post this! That was very interesting. Do you know if at one time it was all cut by hand and taken away by horse drawn wagons? If so, what a job that must have been! I'm glad you followed the whole process through to the ice house. Anyhow, very interesting vid, thanks again!
Nice video. We go to Raquette Lake every summer. Wish you included video of the ice saw in use and how all the blocks were cut in uniform size. Thanks.
Very interesting! I remember my grandfather telling me stories about how his family used to harvest ice from the local lake (no chainsaws used at the time). The horses would drag the ice up to the icehouse, where it would be stored for months by covering it up in sawdust. This slowed down the melting process considerably and would last them through the summer. I'm curious as to why people today still harvest ice since we have modern refrigeration methods now.
+Landrew0 The grocery store in town still cools their chillers this way. They have an ice house, the ice melt water is circulated through the coolers in the store and the AC in the pub. Depending on how hot the summer it it keeps everything cool until August :) I have further details in the description of the video if you read at the bottom.
The ice is used for old time refrigeration when there were no refrigerators were invented. Ice blocks were stored in large ice silos and kept until summer.
the oil is from the chainsaws that cut the ice *chain oil, along with and the conveyor bridge that carries the ice up to the truck *chain grease.... not all the "boats" in the summer
Great video - Thanks for sharing!
Haven't seen this since I was a kid (but with horses/mules). Cool that people are still doing this.
i just read about it in wikipedia and now i see it how its done in life thank you!
Thanks for taking the time to post this! That was very interesting. Do you know if at one time it was all cut by hand and taken away by horse drawn wagons? If so, what a job that must have been! I'm glad you followed the whole process through to the ice house. Anyhow, very interesting vid, thanks again!
Nice video. We go to Raquette Lake every summer. Wish you included video of the ice saw in use and how all the blocks were cut in uniform size. Thanks.
I would literally eat myself crazy on that ice and snow!!!
I❤ICE!!!
Very interesting! I remember my grandfather telling me stories about how his family used to harvest ice from the local lake (no chainsaws used at the time). The horses would drag the ice up to the icehouse, where it would be stored for months by covering it up in sawdust. This slowed down the melting process considerably and would last them through the summer. I'm curious as to why people today still harvest ice since we have modern refrigeration methods now.
the ice from this lake is used as the coolant for the modern refrigerators and Air Conditioning. much more environmentally friendly.
Thanks for your reply!
This is a good description of how it was done a century ago, but no mention of why they are doing it this way in 2013.
+Landrew0 The grocery store in town still cools their chillers this way. They have an ice house, the ice melt water is circulated through the coolers in the store and the AC in the pub. Depending on how hot the summer it it keeps everything cool until August :) I have further details in the description of the video if you read at the bottom.
Amazing
Just curious what all the ice is used for...cool video and system you use and all the help...?
Heith Gagnon it is most likely tradition
The ice is used for old time refrigeration when there were no refrigerators were invented. Ice blocks were stored in large ice silos and kept until summer.
reminds me thousand years ago when we just use axe and spear to harvest the lake ice. and mammoth as a transport to deliver to the ice house.
I should call my friend Kristoff about this.
the oil is from the chainsaws that cut the ice *chain oil, along with and the conveyor bridge that carries the ice up to the truck *chain grease.... not all the "boats" in the summer
I wish I could have made it...
The ice harvesters in Frozen are as good as these guys.
Humans may survive after all!