Photo of the mechanized ice loader and conveyor used by the Belle Ewart Ice Company to transport large blocks of ice from Lake Simcoe into ice houses for storage or directly onto train cars for shipping. The photo shows two large side-by-side structures with numerous men visible at the base of the conveyors, directing the ice blocks with long poles, as well as a man at the top of each structure to help reposition blocks that may have shifted on their way up. The Belle Ewart Ice Company was the first of three large companies that used Lake Simcoe to supply ice to homes throughout Ontario and some of the northern United States.
