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Map location of the once standing Walker Ice Company dwelling at Salisbury Pond, 1896

Benjamin Walker was a prominent Worcester citizen who held multiple public offices, and most notably co-founded the Walker Ice Company (the only Worcester Ice Company to harvest at Salisbury Pond)

Ice chips were a byproduct of natural ice harvesting. Cutting blocks of ice from the surface of the pond, sawing blocks into smaller blocks, and planing dirt from the surface of ice blocks all created large amounts of ice chips. At the end of the…

Blocks of ice being loaded into an ice house by conveyor at Coes Pond. Snow along the shore has been used to flood the pond.

Ice houses belonging to the Walker Ice Company at Salisbury Pond, with Washburn & Moen in the distance.

Workers and horses harvesting ice on Salisbury Pond.

Walker Coal and Ice Company Office

Later renamed to the Walker Coal and Ice Company, this company was the only company to commercially operate at Salisbury Pond in Institute Park. Walker Ice Company acquired multiple other local ice companies over the years, and was eventually…

Walker Ice Company houses at Salisbury Pond

Walker Ice Company house and Washburn & Moen in the distance