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Conveyor belt for moving ice blocks in Carthage

Conveyor belt that moved ice into the ice houses. During the Carthage, NY ice harvest. 1947. Carthage Ice Harvest Collection donated by Eleanor Query, whose father, Francis George Query, is pictured in many of the photos.

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Ice coming off the conveyor belt in Carthage
Moving ice blocks on a conveyor in Carthage
Moving ice on a conveyor belt in Carthage
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Moving ice blocks into ice house in Saranac Lake
Moving ice blocks into ice house in Saranac Lake
A group harvesting a raft of ice on Moody Pond in Saranac Lake
A group harvesting a raft of ice on Moody Pond in Saranac Lake
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