Men working on a large, wooden structure for the Lake George Ice House in 1913

Men working on a large, wooden structure for the Lake George Ice House in 1913

Ice; Ice on rivers, lakes, etc; Resevoirs; Building, Wooden

The Lake George Ice House was a very large, cavernous building that was actually six separate “compartments”. Insulation and air flow was the principal of these storage buildings. The insulation was achieved with double or triple framed walls, solidly packed with an insulating material which was usually sawdust. Air flow was achieved by air ducts bringing cooler air in from the bottom of the building and letting it rise up and vent out the top vent in the house gable. The blocks of ice were organized into stacks, spreading heavy layers of insulating straw, wood shavings, or sawdust as they went. The combination of all these things kept the ice frozen all summer long.

Source: South Park Historical Foundation

Still Image

Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection

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Park County Local History Archives

Black-and-white photographs; Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection; Lake George Ice Company folder; no. 1737

1913

Colorado (state); Park (county); Lake George (inhabited place); George, Lake (lake)