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2. Synthetic ice - Wikipedia

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   Ice hockey team training on synthetic ice. Synthetic ice is a solid polymer material designed for skating using normal metal-bladed ice skates. Rinks are constructed by interlocking panels. Synthetic ice is sometimes called artificial ice, but that term is ambiguous, as it is also used to mean the mechanically frozen skating surface created by ...

3. Ice rink - Wikipedia

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   There are also synthetic ice rinks where skating surfaces are made out of plastics. Besides recreational ice skating, some of its uses include: ice hockey, sledge hockey ( a.k.a. "Para ice hockey", or "sled hockey"), spongee ( a.k.a. sponge hockey), bandy , rink bandy , rinkball , ringette , broomball (both indoor and outdoor versions), Moscow ...

4. Schenley Park Casino - Wikipedia

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   The casino is credited as having the first artificial ice surface in North America. [3] The casino was the first place in Pittsburgh where organized ice hockey was played . At the time, the casino had the most modern indoor lighting system that consisted of 1,500 incandescent lamps, 11 arc lights and 4 white calcium lights [1]

5. Gadsden to have its own skating rink with real ice for holidays

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   Instead of renting a rink with synthetic ice, the Gadsden City Council awarded a bid for its own portable skating rink.

6. North Avenue Ice Palace - Wikipedia

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   The artificial ice was constructed by laying several layers of waterproof paper and wool. On top of this was built a 4-inch tall watertight pan, which held the water. In the pan were three and one-half miles of one and a half inch pipe which held ammonia, cooled below the freezing point of water. The cold pipes then caused the ice to freeze. [2]

7. St. Nicholas Rink - Wikipedia

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   The St. Nicholas Rink, also called the St. Nicholas Arena, was an indoor ice rink, and later a boxing arena in New York City from 1896 until 1962. The rink was one of the earliest indoor ice rinks made of mechanically frozen ice in North America (others included the North Avenue Ice Palace in Baltimore and the Ice Palace in New York, both opened in 1894), enabling a longer season for skating ...

8. Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval - Wikipedia

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   The Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval (officially stylized as OVAL), formerly the John Rose Minnesota Oval, is an outdoor ice rink in Roseville, Minnesota, United States. It is claimed to be the largest artificial outdoor skating surface in North America. The facility was constructed from June to December 1993.

9. Ice resurfacer - Wikipedia

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   An ice resurfacer lays down a layer of clean water, which will freeze to form a smooth ice surface. An ice resurfacer is a vehicle or hand-pushed device for cleaning and smoothing the surface of a sheet of ice, usually in an ice rink. The first ice resurfacer was developed by American inventor and engineer Frank Zamboni in 1949 in Paramount ...