Dam for ice pond on Brewery Creek, Shake Rag Street
File Name
GPNC.01.374
Date of Original
1880-1910;
Description
Gillman's dam on Brewery Creek formed a pond where ice was cut in the winter and stored in a shed or "ice house". Much of the ice cut at Gillman's pond was used by the brewery just across Shake Rag Street from this location.
Community
Mineral Point;
County
Iowa County
State
Wisconsin;
LCTGM Subject
Ice industry; Icehouses; Dams;
Subject
Community Life;
Submitting Institution
Mineral Point Historical Society
Collection
Glass Plate Negative Collection
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