A Modern day mystery
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To learn about Ice Harvesting, visit each of the sites below - in order if possible.
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Fall, 2001 |
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January, 2002
Ice Harvesting Demonstration Video |
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April, 2002 |
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February, 2003 |
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What could you read about ice in 1918?
1918 Book of Knowledge |
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ICE |
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Harvesting & Storing Ice on the Farm |
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Frederic Tudor,
Ice King 1933 Mass. Historical Soceity |
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Ice- Its Collection, Storage and Distribution
1868 Scientific American |
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Crystal Blocks of Yankee Coldness
The Development of the Massachusetts Ice Trade FREDERIC TUDOR TO WENHAM LAKE 1806-1886 |
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What Happened to Providence's Ponds?
An article from The Providence Sunday Journal October 15, 1922 |
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Lawrence's Adventures Among the Ice Cutters
Historical Fiction from 1871 |
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Ice Harvesting Links
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Welcome to
Ice Harvesting U.S.A. Everything that you ever wanted to know about the Natural Ice Industry in the United States....... plus some.... |
maintained by:
Steve Round
1st Grade Teacher
Charles Fortes Magnet Academy
103 Daboll Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02907
To see our class web site click HERE
___Here is a picture of my 2002-2003 class in front of the Museum Exhibit in our school. This is the third group of second graders that I have worked with on this project since it was begun in the Fall of 2000, and the benefits have been many. By the end of each school year, the students become "experts" on a subject that most people have never heard of - Natural Ice Harvesting.
___ Some of the material that has been added to this site is too difficult for 2nd graders to comprehend, but my hope is that they will re-visit the site often as the years go by - perhaps using it as a resource for projects and term papers.
___Natural Ice Harvesting is a fascinating subject, yet little can be found in today's encyclopedias (check out the 1918 Book of Knowledge) and text books. Much of the primary source information presented here, and most of the photographs, are not readily available anywhere else.
___ This site offers a unique opportunity for you to "visit" the past, and we at Charles Fortes School hope that you enjoy your journey !
Sincerely,
Mr. Round
We help Mr. Round count the teeth on the ice saw and measure how long it is. There are 30 very large and very sharp teeth and the saw is over 5 feet, eight inches tall ! It's taller than Mr. Round ! If you would like to see an inquiry based ice lesson and some of the artifacts in our collection, CLICK HERE
*In 1886, at the peak of the ice harvesting industry, there were over 25 million tons of ice harvested in the United States. As you know, there are 2,000 pounds in a ton, s o o o o ........
Get out your calculators and multiply;
25,000,000 X 2,000 = ?
AFTER YOU'VE ACTUALLY TRIED IT ON A CALCULATOR, CLICK HERE FOR THE ANSWER !
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____Some libraries and used book stores still have them, though, so if your "thirst" for ice has not been quenched after visiting this site, check them out. They are:
Joseph C. Jones Jr., America's Icemen: An Illustrative History of the United States Ice Industry 1665-1926, Jobeco Books, 1984
Everson, Jennie G.,Tidewater Ice on the Kennebec River, Maine Heritage Series, Maine State Museum. The Bond Wheelwright Co., 1970
____Two new books on Ice Harvesting and Frederic Tudor were published in 2003 - both of them are wonderful and easily obtainable both in bookstores and on the internet.. They are:
Carl Seaburg and Stanley Patterson, The Ice King: Frederic Tudor and His Circle, Massachusetts Historical Soceity, 2003
Weightman, Gavin, The Frozen Water Trade - A True Story, Hyperion, 2003
To go to the School Web Site, click HERE