Talk:Ice house (building)

Photo request

Can someone get a photo of an American or European icehouse for this page? The photo of the Iranian one is nice, but it belongs on the page specifically for the Persian style of icehouse. 138.163.160.44 12:54, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

See here (in French) http://www.couleur-lauragais.fr/pages/journaux/2007/cl91/reportage.html 87.254.81.65 23:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Sources

This article does not site sources. There's no evidence that people have ever stored ice in this manner. How much ice would you even need to collect and store in the same place for it not to melt over the long summer months? Inconcievable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.0.76 (talk) 02:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I moved the above random comment below the boxes, but it hardly seems worth answering. - DavidWBrooks 15:51, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Goodness. Yes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheRegencyCook (talk • contribs) 12:28, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

new image

here is an image from the snow page. Image:Nevero.svg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.51.103.64 (talk) 03:51, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Texan Usage

I thought I should clarify why I separated out the paragraph on Texas from the US section. I think the usage in Texas, where an ice house is a bar, is significantly different enough that it deserved to be set off. Yet it is related, historically, to the more general use of "ice house," so still seems to belong here. I actually came here looking for info on the Texan usage (having encountered it in a book), and found the National Public Radio article as a useful source, as there was little here. 99.43.32.160 (talk) 17:46, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

That is very cool - just the sort of intriguing information that wikipedia is so successful at uncovering. Pat yourself on the back and grab a tall-boy as reward. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 18:16, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Parking a reference

• https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/28/chilling-discovery-archaeologists-uncover-lost-ice-house-under-london-street--ClemRutter (talk) 13:32, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Reason for dome roof

There is not explanation of why ice houses, at least in England, were commonly built with a domed roof. Could someone help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.249.124 (talk) 15:08, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Macon Georgia photo

A low-quality stereo card image has been placed on this article and I think it should stay, despite not meeting best-practice image standards, because it provides unique information. It shows the inner workings of an ice house, not show elsewhere. Informing the reader takes precedence over appearance. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 02:16, 18 December 2021 (UTC)