Icehouse and Harvesting

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Yup, did that and found some good information. I've also used other resources like the local public library but that turned out to be a bust. It looks like it will be a scartchbuild of an old CPR icehouse. The plans are available at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cptracks.ca">http://www.cptracks.ca</a><!-- m -->.

There's also a CD on ice harvesting at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ghosttownmodels.com/">http://ghosttownmodels.com/</a><!-- m --> that sounds well worth the price. My biggest problem with building this structure is the mechanical equipment. The lifts and conveyors are very interesting. Google results just whetted my appetite for more as it didn't really give me many details yet plenty to get the juices flowing.

Googling 'Icehouse' or 'Ice House' gets a lot of hockey rinks, so anybody trying this be patient. I grew up in the north yet I've never heard of rinks being called 'ice houses' before. There seems to be very little on 'Ice Harvesting' ergo my query here. Having said all this, one has to remember that this was never a huge industry. I'm hoping that some historical societies will be able to help out as well.

Ever onward, every upward.......I hope!