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EPISODE · May 16, 2024 · 58 MIN

Epilogue To The Frozen Water Trade, How Ice From New England Lakes Kept The World Cool

from Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Determine if Special Agent Henry Hall firmly believed that there would never be an ice shortage. Discover how 1880’s saw first concerns addressed about dangers behind cutting ice from a health standpoint. Learn how Midwestern Cities from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois adapted after health officials banned cutting ice close to nearby towns. Go behind the scenes and learn what took place between 2 Feuding Wisconsin Rival Ice Companies from 1900-1901. Learn what had become common practices for transporting heavy ice loads during 1890’s. Find out if anyone from Maine during Nineteenth Century’s Final Decade tried monopolizing the ice trade. Determine if any disputes existed amongst Maine Shipowners & New York Ice Company Owners. Discover what became breaking news come 1907 involving Ice Trade Business Practices. Learn about the natural ice industry’s overall state by time World War I breaks out. Understand the significance behind an event which occurred along Kennebec River on June 29, 1910. Discover what has become of Wenham Lake & Fresh Pond in the years since ice harvesting officially ended. Learn if any plaques, monuments, to memorials exist in remembrance of Frederic Tudor’s Ice Trade Achievements. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirk-monroe/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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