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The Business of Ice

Ice cutting rig on the frozen Hudson River near Catskill, circa 1912. Photo: New York State Archives, #A3045-78_830
Ice cutting rig on the frozen Hudson River near Catskill, circa 1912. Photo: New York State Archives, #A3045-78_830
1873 Map showing "Greenport [Township]," courtesy Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, NY Public Library.
1873 Map showing “Greenport [Township],” courtesy Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, NY Public Library.
The Hudson River shipping channel cleared of ice, looking south, February 2014. Photo by Annik LaFarge, author of Composing Olana
The Hudson River shipping channel cleared of ice, looking south, February 2014
Brick chimney from the Knickerbocker Ice Company in Athens, NY, just across the Hudson from Mt. Merino, July 2021. Photo by Annik LaFarge, author of Composing Olana
Brick chimney from the Knickerbocker Ice Company in Athens, NY, just across the Hudson from Mt. Merino, July 2021