Stonington ice
Subtitle: the story of Sylvia & Vargas, 1874-1947
By: by Joseph A. Vargas, III.
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Stonington Historical Society
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stonington CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780979401336
Subjects: Ice industry -- Connecticut -- Stonington -- History
Notes: "Originally published in 1976."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Family memories; title: Anne Ellen Cragan Connerton; title: Biographical sketches; title: Introduction; title: Icehouses and ice ponds; title: Maintenance of icehouses and equipment; title: Ice field layout and cutting; title: Ice harvesting and storage; title: Ice delivery routes, 1920-1947; title: Ice business activities of Sylvia-Vargas, Ice Co.; title: Ice business activities of Vargas Bros; title: Ice dealers of Stonington, Mystic, Groton, and New London; title: Stonington ice notes; title: The ice industry in the United States; title: Roster of icemen in the 1900-1947 period; title: Sources and acknowledgments; title: Notes from the family album; title: Vera Vargas Cragan.