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The ice house entrance, Eglinton Country Park, Scotland. Various types and designs of ice house exist but British ice houses were commonly brick-lined, domed structures, with most of their volume underground. Ice houses varied in design depending on the date and builder, but were usually conical or rounded at the bottom to hold melted ice.
Ice houses were also built in the major ice-consuming cities to hold the imported ice before final sale and consumption, where they were often termed depots. In London, the early ice depots were often circular and called wells or shades; the New Cattle Market depot built in 1871 was 42 feet (13 m) wide and 72 feet (22 m) deep, able to hold ...
Ice House at Captiva Rocks: Ice House at Captiva Rocks: April 11, 1991 : Southwest of Little Wood Key in Pine Island Sound: Bokeelia: 7: Ice House at Point Blanco: Ice House at Point Blanco: April 11, 1991
Ice cutting is a winter task of collecting surface ice from lakes and rivers for storage in ice houses and use or sale as a cooling method. Rare today, it was common (see ice trade) before the era of widespread mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning technology. [1]
The Cedar Falls Ice House in Cedar Falls, Iowa The Crystal Ice Company Building in Pensacola, Florida, is listed on the U.S. NRHP. The Grimsby Ice Factory in Grimsby, England, was built in 1900 and is a Grade II listed building. This is a list of ice companies. Ice companies manufacture and market ice and are involved in the ice trade.
Ice houses and ice warehouses began to appear and blocks of ice were sold for domestic and commercial use. Then in 1922, Clarence Birdseye founded the modern frozen food industry, by pioneering fast freezing (now called blast freezing), based on learning the benefits of low temperature freezing of fish practiced by the Inuit in Arctic regions.
Ice shanties, Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin, US The Vista, an unusual shanty with a view Sainte-Anne-River, Quebec, Canada 1964 An ice shanty (also called an ice shack, ice house, fishing shanty, fish house, fish coop, bobhouse, ice hut, or darkhouse; French: cabane à pêche) is a portable shed placed on a frozen lake to provide shelter during ice fishing.
The Ice House (St. Petersburg) Ice nativity scene (Graz) Ice palace; Ice pier; Ice sculpture; Icehotel (Jukkasjärvi) ICIUM; Igloo; K. Kamakura (snow dome) M.