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Ice Harvesting on Moody Pond in Saranac Lake

Ice Harvesting on Moody Pond in Saranac Lake

Harvesting ice. The initial raft of ice has been cut into strips that are then reduced to 300-pound cakes,  which are lifted by a conveyor belt into the ice house. February 1940. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.

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