This ice house is still open, built in 1858, Janesville Wisconsin. A
river is about 50 feet away where they would cut blocks of ice and keep
for people to buy. The last harvest of ice from the river was in 1929,
then, it manufactured ice and sold that. Here is a link: https://rchs.us/shop/historic-photos/factories-industry/city-ice-harvest-rock-river-1907/
Another link about a man who worked here: http://www.mochamoment.com/deipnosophist/IceMan.pdf
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