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Scott Nelson
has identified the picture as an old "Ice House" usually found along
the
railroad.
The Railroad Ice house was used from the 1880s to
the 1970s, ice-cooled
reefers were a fixture of railroading. Solid trains
raced across country
with their perishable loads. Supplying ice for the
cars in transit was a
huge industry. Railroads built ice houses and
platforms,
like this Ice house
you have, about every 250-300 miles. Here, entire
trains could be serviced
and on the move in minutes.
The odd shape of the house with the tower like
center
was to load the ice on
the train to the ice cars from above. In this photo
it is hard to tell but
there are most likely Rails behind the house and
probably
a lake or a stream
very close by.
This picture was sent to us by Bob Emmert and is supposed to be a Bangor picture. If anyone can identify it as a Bangor photo - please contact me.