Visitors to historic Mill Pond helped in an old New England job: harvesting ice.
Springfield — Vermonters, like this youngster from Springfield, joined residents of nearby states gathered at Mill Pond to try their hand at 19th century style ice harvesting.
In the days before refrigeration, New England ice was a prized cash crop that was shipped all over the world. Ice expert Dennis Picard showed visitors how to handle the saws and haul ice.
Picard was just featured on the PBS-TV Nova documentary, “Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold”.
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