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Millers Mills Ice Harvest Festival

When

Date: 02/09/2025

Where

Millers Mills, NY

The Millers Mills ice harvest dates back 200 years. Old hand tools are used to saw through the ice on Millers Mills Pond, the blocks of ice are then loaded onto horse-drawn sleighs and taken to an ice house. The ice was used to preserve food and cool milk from local farmers. Despite the introduction of electricity to the area in 1941, the local Grange decided to keep the tradition of the ice harvest alive.

The ice from the harvest is used over the summer for graduation parties, family reunions, and to make ice cream for the annual Millers Mills Ice Cream Social and 5k Sundae Run.

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Man pulling blocks of ice onto sled
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five men standing on frozen pond near ice blocks
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Far away picture of people harvesting ice
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Horses pulling sled with blocks of ice
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Man pulling blocks of ice onto sled
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Man pulling blocks of ice onto sled
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Man pulling blocks of ice onto sled
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Crowd of people watching ice being harvested
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Crowd of people on winters day
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Team of horses waiting to go with sled attached
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People cutting into ice to harvest it
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Loading blocks of ice onto slet
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People cutting into ice to harvest it
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man driving team of horses in snow
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Putting ice into icehouse
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Putting ice into ice house
Photo credit: Millers Mills Ice Festival