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  2. Snowmaking - Wikipedia

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    Snowmaking is the production of snow by forcing water and pressurized air through a "snow gun", also known as a "snow cannon". Snowmaking is mainly used at ski resorts to supplement natural snow. This allows ski resorts to improve the reliability of their snow cover and to extend their ski seasons from late autumn to early spring.

  3. The Negative Impact of Snowmaking Machines - AOL

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  4. Ice resurfacer - Wikipedia

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    Ice resurfacers are generally composed of a snow container, hot water tanks, a wash water tank, the conditioner, and a board brush. An internal combustion engine or electric motor of the vehicle is responsible both for propelling the resurfacer and also powering the hydraulics that control the various functions, such as lowering the conditioner or raising the snow dump.

  5. Snow removal - Wikipedia

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    (Some jurisdictions have banned dumping snow into local bodies of water for environmental reasons since the collected snow is contaminated with melting salt, motor oil, and other substances from the roads they were removed from.) Snow melting machines may be cheaper than moving snow, depending on the cost of fuel and the ambient temperature. [15]

  6. List of Bombardier recreational and snow vehicles - Wikipedia

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  7. Lake-effect snow machine to fire up early this week - AOL

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    For example, a band of heavy lake-effect snow set up over Buffalo, New York, on Saturday morning. This dropped 1.7 inches of snow and was the city's first accumulating snow of the seas Lake-effect ...

  8. Snowmelt system - Wikipedia

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    A heated sidewalk in Holland, Michigan Installation of a geothermal snowmelt system on a street in Reykjavík, Iceland.. A snowmelt system prevents the build-up of snow and ice on cycleways, walkways, patios and roadways, or more economically, only a portion of the area such as a pair of 2-foot (0.61 m)-wide tire tracks on a driveway or a 3-foot (0.91 m) center portion of a sidewalk, etc.

  9. Lake-effect snow to ramp up as Arctic air surges over Great ...

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    "Typically, lake-effect snow events become less severe deeper into the winter season, but with the lakes still under 20% ice coverage and warmer than average, another impressive event is expected ...