Here’s a story about a family who made selling ice their business.

This is my great grandfather, A.Friedrich Ludwig, in front of his ice plant in the 1930’s.
The modernization of the 1930’s saw the end of the natural lake cut ice business.

My great grandfather bought the Armour Meat Packing plant at 77 Brooklyn Street in Rockville, Connecticut and converted it into an ice manufacturing plant.

The plant was powered by a large electric motor that ran a Frick compressor. Ammonia was used as a cooling agent. A short time later, a huge Wolverine four cylinder Diesel engine was used as a power source, and the electric motor was converted into a generator so that my family could make it’s own electricity.

A three hundred foot well was drilled as a source for crystal clear water. With all these improvements, the plant could manufacture thirty tons of ice every twenty four hours. ~ shared by @ludwigdermaler

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