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It would be interesting to see how they do it nell.
We have ice-cutting demos in the winter here, but they don't use it for anything. JUst cut it and cart it around a while with horses. Then they leave the holes for us ice fishermen to fall thru as were heading out at night to do some crappie fishing.
The fire dept does the same thing except they're practicing ice rescue.
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Having a source of ice in the event of long term power outages would be a good thing.
Plus, the ice house could double as a fall out shelter in the warmer months.
It seems like the ice being used is not for consumption/drinks, so you would not have to worry about bacteria.
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In South Bristol Maine, the town runs a Ice house all year long. In the summer you can stop an buy ice placed in a cooler outside the house for a donation. The fishermen use the ice all year long. I have attached a video link.
http://gonewengland.about.com/librar...harvesting.htm
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It may sound strange but we had ice houses in the south too.
The last one I saw was still standing in the late 1950s-60s. IUt was a huge barn like building on the outside. Very well made with no doors or windows of course.
That was the outside shell.
Inside was a second building with only a single access to the outside.
The space between the two shells was almost 6 feet and it was filled with saw-dust.
The floor was carefully laid brick, sloped to drain.
The old folks said the ice would keep even through our 100 degree temps of a TN summer. The huge blocks of ice were shipped from "up north" by rail in insulated boxcars.
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Tipacanoe,thanks for the video! I still have not gotten in to see the ice house yet,the little store is always busy!
I think she will allow pictures as long as I don't take them of her and her children,but I won't break her trust if she isn't 100% comfortable with it,nor that would get her shunned by the community,as that would devastate her business!
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In places I can dig down to permafrost I go underground otherwise I just take coolers to local glacier and fill them. Ice will keep over a week in a good cooler that is not opened so I keep ice in a cooler to resupply another I keep food in that is opened more frequently. Keeping coolers underground ice lasts even longer. The water is cold enough here to keep things cold so if creek is near I just store food in it. In the winter I can just leave plastic milk bottles outside to freeze and put them in cooler to keep food cold. Some food you leave outside to freeze but be sure to not expose it to sunlght that can thaw the surface on warm days. If you want an ice house it is easier to gather containers you fill with water and let them freeze solid in winter and move them into ice house.
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