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Indeed. There are several ice houses remaining in Houston where you can find cold beer and a casual crowd. My favorite, West Alabama Ice House, opened in 1928,
by alach11 5y ago
Indeed. There are several ice houses remaining in Houston where you can find cold beer and a casual crowd. My favorite, West Alabama Ice House, opened in 1928, a couple decades before air conditioning became common.
- bluGill 5y agoIn Minnesota most farms still have remains of their icehouse - if you know what to look for. Until the 1950s electricity wasn't common (very much location dependent: FDR built dams in many states, but it didn't reach Minnesota for the most part, then WWII stopped most utility expansion). It was a regular thing for farmers to go to the nearby lake in January to cut enough ice for the summer. Of course Minnesota has the climate and enough lakes that this was possible for normal people.