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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1997
Page
11
This piece traces ice from early storage in underground ice cellars to the rise of ice houses and the later shift to machine-made ice. It notes the role of cooling in slowing bacteria and spoilage, the transition to electric refrigerators, and the continued demand for bagged ice.
In the 1800s people viewed ice as a harvestable crop found in nature in New England and New York. Without electricity, ice was cut from cold rivers and lakes, then stored for summer use, requiring hard manual labor.
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