Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Ligonier Echo
Wednesday, January 25, 1893
The Ice Harvest
One of the busiest hives of industry, during the present cold snap, is Bell's station, on the Ligonier Valley R.R., where two hundred men are at work harvesting the immense ice crop. The pond and building are owned by Booth & Flinn, the popular Pittsburgh contractors, who are also the owners of the Blue Rock quarries located a few miles below, but at which work has been suspended until spring. The huge ice pond covers an area of thirty acres and is filled with pure crystal mountain water from the famous Two Mile Run. The water is carried across the Loyalhanna through a conduit underneath the creek and is as clear as spring water. These two hundred men under the supervision of Alex. McCance, the genial and efficient superintendent, have been at work, night and
day, one-half working at night and the other half during the day, in order that the immense crop my be harvested before the weather breaks up.
The buildings, in which the ice is stored are immense structures, the largest being 200 feet long, 120 feet wide and 33 feet high; and the other 150 feet long, 100 feet wide and 30 feet high. The ice, which they are now cutting, averages 14 inches thick and resembles glass so pure is it.