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Harvesting Ice

Harvesting Ice.jpg Map showing the first settlements made on the Eastern coast of North AmericaThumbnailsBrick House at JamestownMap showing the first settlements made on the Eastern coast of North AmericaThumbnailsBrick House at JamestownMap showing the first settlements made on the Eastern coast of North AmericaThumbnailsBrick House at JamestownMap showing the first settlements made on the Eastern coast of North AmericaThumbnailsBrick House at JamestownMap showing the first settlements made on the Eastern coast of North AmericaThumbnailsBrick House at JamestownMap showing the first settlements made on the Eastern coast of North AmericaThumbnailsBrick House at JamestownMap showing the first settlements made on the Eastern coast of North AmericaThumbnailsBrick House at Jamestown

“Harvesting” Ice, about 1650. Archeological excavations revealed that icehouses were built on the historic island over 300 years ago. (painting by Sidney e. King