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2007 - Ice Harvest at Carriage Hill MetroPark { 23 images } Created 26 Dec 2017

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  • Lee Ruff (standing,) from Springfield guides the horse-drawn bobsled in for another load of ice blocks to be taken to the ice house during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Jim Campbell (left) and Bud Jividen, from Springfield cut the ice in strips, from which blocks will be broken off and floated to the the other end of the open water, to be pulled out and moved to the bobsled, and then off to the ice house during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.  Both Jim and Bud are Park Rangers, and Bud lives at the George Rogers Clark State Park.
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  • Lee Ruff, from Springfield is an assistant farmer at Carriage Hill.  Today he's getting the blocks of ice into place on the bobsled during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Bud Jividen, from Springfield is a Clark County Park District Ranger, and lives at George Rogers Clark State Park.  He came to help at the ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.  He's holding a pike pole, and will use it to guide more ice blocks to the end of the opening as soon as there's room.  He also helped to saw the ice into strips on the other side of the opening using a saw like the one behind him on the ice.
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  • Tongs to help grab the ice blocks wait for the return of the bobsled during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • An ice saw waits near the opening, while already cut ice blocks float free, ready to be loaded onto the bobsled and taken to the ice house during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Gary Snyder (left,) from Bath Township breaks off a block as Bud Jividen (center,) from Springfield and Jim Campbell, from New Carlisle saw the ice into strips during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • After getting a good look at the crew cutting the ice, Stephen Couch, 6, from Dayton runs to catch up with his family at the ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • John Meyer, from Tipp City (right) and Rick Musselman, from Irwin, Ohio bring an ice block up the wooden ramp from the ground to the wagon during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.  When the wagon is full, they take the ice to be packed in sawdust, so it can be used the rest of the year.  Despite being around a foot long (seen here, the width is how deep it was in the pond,) you can still see Ricks hand through the ice.
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  • Gary Snyder, from Bath Township pulls an ice block from the pond during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Brittany Walters, 8, (left) checks out one of the cut blocks of ice that are ready to be loaded on the bobsled, as Nicholas Machuca, 5, both from Huber Heights watches during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Jim Campbell (left) holds the pole used to break off ice blocks while Bud Jividen cuts a strip in the ice.  Also sawing Doug Haws, from Butler Township.  They can cut out the ice blocks faster than they can get them put away during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.  Jim and Bud are Park Rangers from the Clark County Park District.
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  • Jim Carr (left,) from Casstown and John Meyer, from Tipp City move ice blocks up the wooden ramp to the bobsled during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Greg Nash, from New Carlisle (right) uses a hand saw to make an ice block smaller, while Jim Carr (left) uses tongs to slide an ice block to the bobsled during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Jim Carr (left,) from Casstown and Greg Nash (right,) from New Carlisle shove an ice block up the wooden ramp to the bobsled during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Park Manager Mark Davis (left) takes a picture of the scene on the pond, as another load of ice gets ready to leave for the ice house during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.  And there are more loads of ice blocks ready to go when the bobsled gets back.
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  • John Meyer, from Tipp City uses tongs to pull an ice block from the farm pond during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Lee Ruff (standing,) from Springfield is at the 'controls' as the horse-drawn bobsled pulls in for another load of ice blocks to be taken to the ice house during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • John Meyer (left,) from Tipp City and Jim Carr, from Casstown move an ice block up the wooden ramp to the bobsled.
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  • Jim Carr (left,) from Casstown pulls a block of ice up the wooden ramp to the bobsled during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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  • Brittany Walters, 8, (left) looks at the cut blocks of ice that are ready to be loaded on the bobsled, and Nicholas Machuca, 5, both from Huber Heights watches them cut more blocks from the pond during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.  Behind them is the wooden ramp used to get the blocks of ice from the ground to the bobsled.
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  • Rick Musselman (top right, with hat) explains what's going on to Mike Walters (holding Kate Machuca, 2,) Alexis Walters, 11 (far left,) Nicholas Machuca, 5 (center) and Brittany Walters, 8 during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.  Rick is from Irwin, Ohio; the others are all from Huber Heights.
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  • Ice blocks wait to be loaded onto the bobsled during an ice harvest at the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm in Huber Heights, Sunday afternoon.
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