Also look into ice used on the railroads as tons of ice were used for
cooling early refrigerator cars up til the early 1970s. This Yahoo Group
site has many discussions on icing "reefers":
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/citrusmodeling/conversations/messages
Use the search box on top to find specific topics. The site also has many
references you can check out.

Andy Jackson
Bellflower CA

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Leo Demski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hey everyone-  I'm working on a literature review regarding icehouses and
> the western US ice harvesting industry of the middle 1800s- early 1900s.
> There's quite a bit of historical data available, as well as several
> historian analyses of various aspects of the ice industry, but the amount
> of archaeological literature I've been able to find has been slim. Can
> anyone recommend any reports or articles?  I'm particularly interested in
> the larger industrial landscape of ice harvesting, but any aspect of ice
> use, harvesting tools, storage, icehouses or related structures, "ties" to
> railroads, associated architectural design, industrial technology, etc from
> any geographic location would be welcome.
>
> The few North American sources I've found include an article by Jerry
> Hilliard about an icehouse in Arkansas and Pierre Beaudet's description of
> the Quebec ice industry as detailed in Under the Boardwalk in Québec
> City.  I have seen icehouse excavation mentioned in passing in other
> sources (including Deetz' Flowerdew Hundred), but it appears mostly to
> emphasize reuse as large trash pits, rather than focus on their original
> use as ice storage areas.
>
> Any suggestions, thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks and best wishes,
> -Leo Demski
> MA student
> University of Nevada, Reno
>
>
>
>
>
>