QUARRYING GLACIER ICE.
In Switzerland, since the introduction of electric railways, a new and somewhat strange industry has h-en established in the Alpine districts, namely, the quarrying of glacier ice for distribution in the large cities. Certain of the Swiss communes or districts have been able to grant concessions of their glaciers for this purpose, and-considerable sums have been expended in constructing ice slides or troughs, in which the blocks of ice, many of them being of large size, bLsted out of the glacier are transported to the vicinity of the stations for conveyance, in carefully refrigerated vans or cars, to Lvons and other cities remote from the Alps. The method of blasting with black as to avoid the discolouration and soiling of the ice, and the ability displayed by the engineers pn erecting slides and in providing sufficient friction by means of curves to avoid excessive speed in the downward journey of the ice blocks, ehow considerable ingenuity and skill. ,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6268, 23 July 1907, Page 9
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QUARRYING GLACIER ICE.
New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6268, 23 July 1907, Page 9
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