ice harvest
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 - 3:10 pm
For the past few weeks, staffers at the Hanford Mills Museum have been getting ready for Saturday's annual Ice Harvest: clearing snow from the surface of the mill pond, measuring the ice layer, and preparing for the arrival of more than 1,000 visitors... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 - 1:21 pm
Above: Lifting a block of ice with ice tongs at the 2015 Ice Harvest. Photo by Rebecca Andre of MGP&D.
Before freezers and refrigerators, harvested ice from local ponds, lakes, and rivers was essential to preserve food through the warmer months.
At... Read more
By Hanford Mills Museum on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 - 12:07 pm
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 - 1:10 pm
Above: A video promoting the annual Ice Harvest Festival at the Hanford Mills Museum.
It's the deepest, coldest part of winter, which means that it's time to harvest ice.
Ice harvesting, a lost rural tradition that once was the only way to stockpile ice... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 - 4:11 pm
Above: Just-harvested ice at the Hanford Mills Museum. Photo posted on January 21 at the Hanford Mills Museum Facebook page.
The deep freeze of the past few weeks has been good for something: Liz Callahan, the executive director of the Hanford Mills... Read more
By Hanford Mills Museum on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 - 12:26 pm
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 - 11:16 am
This winter's cold temperatures made a Catskills tradition possible last Saturday at the Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith: the annual ice harvest. Eight solid inches of ice on Hanford's mill pond was plenty sturdy enough for volunteers and visitors... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 - 9:27 am
Above: Ice on the mill pond at the Hanford Mills Museum -- thick enough to be scored for harvesting yesterday. Photo via the Hanford Mills Museum's Facebook page.
Despite this week's warm weather, Peg Odell of the Hanford Mills Museum tells us this... Read more
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