Enterprise Album
Back in the days before mechanical refrigeration allowed ice making, there were “ice houses” in almost every community. Some were commercial enterprises selling ice in the summer months while others were used exclusively by an individual business.
Exterior walls on an ice house were thick, filled with sawdust to maintain the ice until needed. Sawdust was often also used to cover the stacks of ice to further protect the frozen product.
Winters were colder in those days. Ice would be sawn into blocks and harvested from area ponds and creeks.
These two c. 1930s photos, taken along Leatherwood Creek in Quaker City at the intersection of Fair and Pike streets, shows one of the harvesters on the plank drawing the ice block up the embankment while the second photo shows the blocks of ice just cut from the creek.
Shown in the background of the lower photo facing is Cochran Lumber along with the Cochran home with its character defining turret. On this side of the street, there appears to be a billboard sign and the two-story Rigel Restaurant.
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