text: 1870  my icebox needs ice a man on a horse pullwagon delivers it where did he get  it theres no electricity?   according to wikipedia;  iceboxes date back to the days of ice harvesting which in a growing america had hit an industrial high that ran from the mid 19th century to the 1930's when the refrigerator was introduced into the home. most municipally consumed ice was harvested and stored in ice plants which did not actually create artificial ice, but stored natural ice brought in from snow packed area or frozen lakes. even thoreau's walden pond was not spared from ice harvesting where some 1,000 tons of ice were harvested daily.  i already knew they harvested the ice from frozen lakes. i didn't realize they stored it in "ice plants". so i learned something new!