Ice Cutting on Lake Whittemore
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Title
Ice Cutting on Lake Whittemore
Subject
Lake Whittemore, Spencer (Mass.); Icehouses--Massachusetts--Spencer; Ice industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Hobbs Ice House
Description
A small group of men stand together on the ice on Lake Whittemore in Spencer, Massachusetts. A horse hitched to an ice groover stands in front in preparation to score the ice for cutting. Ice cutters would first scrap the snow off the ice and then plow it with an ice groover that cut lines into the ice about six inches deep. In the distance is the Moose Hill Mansion built by Rufus Sibley. To the right is Hobbs Ice House, the foundation of which can still be seen on Lake Street.
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
1900-1910?
Relation
Is part of the Spencer Historical Museum Collections. Richard Sugden Library, Spencer, Massachusetts. http://www.spencerpubliclibrary.org/
Format
image/jpg
Language
en-US
Type
Image
Files
Collection
Citation
“Ice Cutting on Lake Whittemore,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 24, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1141.
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