Icehouse and Harvesting

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Hi All;

I'm wondering if anyone has built an icehouse and associated equipment for a lineside industry. My layout, the Kootenay Lakes Steam & Navigation Company will have such a facility when I get to that part of the layout.

The equipment is very interesting.......mechanical conveyors and lifts......driven by steam. Most harvesting was done by hand out on the ice. Lots of possibilities exist for period modelers. Folks needed ice for their ice boxes, canning companies needed ice for their produce, and railways, of course needed ice for their reefers.

I'd be interested in hearing about this industry if anybody has information.