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Harvesting Ice on Madison's Lakes

Special | 39m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Ann Waidelich explains how ice was harvested and stored in Madison.

Aired 01/17/2017 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Harvesting Ice on Madison's Lakes

Special | 39m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Ann Waidelich explains how ice was harvested and stored in Madison.

Ann Waidelich, Madison Historian, explains how ice was harvested out of Madison’s lakes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Waidelich identifies the sites where the harvesting took place and discusses how the ice was stored for later use.

Aired 01/17/2017 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Harvesting Ice on Madison's Lakes

Special | 39m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Ann Waidelich, Madison Historian, explains how ice was harvested out of Madison’s lakes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Waidelich identifies the sites where the harvesting took place and discusses how the ice was stored for later use.

Aired 01/17/2017 | Rating TV-G

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