Northeast Historic Film: "Nice Clean Ice That Grandma Would Enjoy Having In The Place." Huge cakes of ice are hauled out of the lake on the "white" overhead return chain. The blocks are shaved by giant teeth as they go up the conveyor belt to the "house." Philip C.Whitney explains process and tools of ice harvesting in Maine, 1943. Own your own "Ice Harvesting Sampler" DVD: oldfilm.org
Everett Johnson Collection, Northeast Historic Film
Acc. 0135/0136