Free Icehouse tours are offered Friday 9/16 at 2 pm, Saturday 9/18 at 11 am and at 1 pm, and Sunday 9/18 at 11 am, and again the following weekend, as part of the Trails and Sails program organized by Essex National Heritage Area. Chill with the coolest guys around at Cape Pond ice Company, in business since 1848. See 300-pound block ice being made, fishing vessels taking on ice, and ice sculptures in our historic icehouse on Gloucester’s working waterfront. See vintage film of the natural ice harvest, and learn about our connection to The Perfect Storm and the F/V Andrea Gail.
Please wear practical footwear and bring a sweater or sweatshirt for when we are in the Icehouse. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. Reservations are not required. Cape Pond Ice Company is located at 104 Commercial Street, Gloucester on the Fort.
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