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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 288088" data-attributes="member: 367">Possible that some of the bigger ones were ice houses.&nbsp;&nbsp; They were filled with ice and sawdust to keep ice on hand through the summer months and I suppose some sold ice too.&nbsp; Keep in mind that by 1940 only 25% of rural North Dakota had electricity.&nbsp;&nbsp; They used hand pumps and windmill on the water wells if they were lucky enough to have one , Gasoline engines on the Maytag washing machine if they were lucky enough to have one,&nbsp; An ice box in the house instead of a refrigerator.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Old timers made their winter money by hunting/trapping and cutting ice to load in rail cars packed with sawdust for insulation.&nbsp;&nbsp; My uncle had an icehouse built into the side of a hill , I remember peeking in the door once when I was a kid but I was scared to go in there because it was darker than the inside of a cow in there.&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH]41182[/ATTACH]- - - Updated - - -A few of them had wind powered DC generators that were 25 volt,&nbsp; They used a thick&nbsp; glass tank that looked like an aquarium for the battery some of you old timers might be able to chime in and fill us in on what they powered , Lights maybe ?&nbsp;&nbsp; There used to be a lot of these in abandon farm yards not so many years ago , Kind of wish I had taken the time to hunt one down. [ATTACH]41183[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 288088, member: 367"] Possible that some of the bigger ones were ice houses. They were filled with ice and sawdust to keep ice on hand through the summer months and I suppose some sold ice too. Keep in mind that by 1940 only 25% of rural North Dakota had electricity. They used hand pumps and windmill on the water wells if they were lucky enough to have one , Gasoline engines on the Maytag washing machine if they were lucky enough to have one, An ice box in the house instead of a refrigerator. Old timers made their winter money by hunting/trapping and cutting ice to load in rail cars packed with sawdust for insulation. My uncle had an icehouse built into the side of a hill , I remember peeking in the door once when I was a kid but I was scared to go in there because it was darker than the inside of a cow in there. [ATTACH=CONFIG]41182._xfImport[/ATTACH] [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] A few of them had wind powered DC generators that were 25 volt, They used a thick glass tank that looked like an aquarium for the battery some of you old timers might be able to chime in and fill us in on what they powered , Lights maybe ? There used to be a lot of these in abandon farm yards not so many years ago , Kind of wish I had taken the time to hunt one down. [ATTACH=CONFIG]41183._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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