Ice house (building)
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An ice house or icehouse is a building used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator. Some were underground chambers, usually man-made, located near n
Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy: domed icehouse (ghiacciaia) half-sunk into a shaded slope
Ice house near Beneixama (Valencian Community)
Ice house near Arcen Castle in Arcen, Netherlands
Yakhchāl of Kheshti, Iran
Icebox
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An icebox is a compact, non-mechanical refrigerator which was a common early-twentieth-century kitchen appliance before the development of safely powered refrigeration devices. They were insulated cab
Ice house (building)
…surface and often dragged by sled to the ice house. In summer months, icemen delivered it to residences in ice-wagons; the ice would then be stored in an icebox, which was used much like a modern refrigerator. As home and business refrigeration became more commonplace, ice houses fell into disuse, and the home…
Icebox used in cafés of Paris in the late 1800s
Ice extraction taking place in 1970
A. Norwegian icebox. The ice was placed in the drawer at top. B. Typical Victorian icebox, of oak with tin or zinc shelving and door lining. C. An oak cabinet icebox that would be found in well-to-do homes.
Women delivering ice. During WWI, many women were employed as icemen (or "ice girls", as they were called).