I may be able to give you some information concerning your study.

The Southland Ice Company was one of my hangouts when I was a young boy in
Ft. Worth, Texas. It was located one block from my house in Ft. Worth. The
time period was 1938 - 1948. In the summer my friends an I used to go into
the snow house to cool off. SNOW - the same thing as saw dust but results
from marking the 500 lb blocks of ice into 25 lb squares. The horse pulled
Ice Wagons would go up the street and the Ice Man would deliver ice to his
patrons according to a weight needed sign placed in the window of the house.
We poor folks did not have refrigerators only Ice Boxes. Those were some of
the BEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES.

D. Parkhill
Austin, Texas

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leo
Demski
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 3:29 PM
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Subject: Icehouse/ice harvesting literature?

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
 


  

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