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Keeping It Cool: Ice Harvesting

January 14, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Ever wonder what people used before refrigerators? Ice boxes! Let’s learn about ice harvesting on the Connecticut River which provided ice for food storage and winter jobs. See tools used in ice harvesting and what it took to be an ice harvester. Image courtesy of Montague Historical Society.

 

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  • Date: January 14, 2023
  • Time:
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
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Venue

  • Great Falls Discovery Center
  • 2 Avenue A
    Turners Falls, MA 01376 United States     + Google Map
  • Phone 4138633221