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A Moment in Tolland History: Ludwig's Ice House

Town Historian Barbara Cook talks about the old ice house that was on Mountain Spring Road.

From Town Historian Barbara Cook:

Alfred Ludwig’s ice house on Mountain Spring Road. Before electric refrigerators were in wide use, ice was cut from local ponds and Shenipsit Lake, stored in ice houses for home use or sold and delivered to home iceboxes.  


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