AREA PONDS YIELDED A CHILLY BUT PROFITABLE HARVEST

The Boston Globe | January 4, 2004| | Copyright

[A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.] Q. In a recent article, you mentioned Spy Pond in Arlington as a prominent site for ice harvesting. Were there other locations?

A. During the latter part of the 19th century, and even into the 20th, ice harvesting was often a mainstay of winter employment in many New England towns.

If there was a sizable pond nearby, odds are that someone turned it into a seasonal moneymaker.

Just a few of the area ponds involved include: Spy Pond in Arlington; Horn Pond in Woburn; White, Puffer, and Mill ponds in Maynard; and others in Concord and ...

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