Loading ice into train cars, Lake George, c. 1910
Item
Dublin Core
Title
Loading ice into train cars, Lake George, c. 1910
Rights
Subject
Railroads--Employees; Railroad cars; Ice; Industrial sites
Description
The Colorado Midland #13 sits on the spur at the ice house. The Midland loaded 45 cars of ice every day, with each car carrying about 23 tons of ice. Lake George ice was famous for its purity, unsurpassed by any other in the state. This ice house had a cutting capacity of 250,000 tons of ice. Lake George ice was used by the entire Colorado Midland system and also by several other railroads in the state. They also sold about 25,000 tons a year to the Colorado Springs area.
Source: South Park Historical Foundation, 2005
Source: South Park Historical Foundation, 2005
Type
image
Is Part Of
Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection
Identifier
ph002096
Format
Image/jpeg
Relation
Park County Local History Archives
Source
Photographs; Black-and-white photographs; Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection; Lake George Ice Company folder; no. 2096
Date
1910?
Coverage
Colorado (state); Park (county); Lake George (inhabited place)
Citation
“Loading ice into train cars, Lake George, c. 1910,” Park County Local History Digital Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://pclha.cvlcollections.org/items/show/254.