Hopedale Coal Ice

This picture is a bit of a puzzle. It was with the rest of the Coal & Ice flood

pictures, but the fence isn't in any of them. Also, I can't place the little

building on the right. If it was taken looking downstream from the Coal &

Ice area, that would be the cemetery and almost looks like it could be the

General Draper mausoleum, except for the door on that side.

The

pictures

above

are from Craig Travers and originally belonged to

his

neighbor,

Arthur Allen. Arthur was a lifelong friend of Bill

Barney, whose father

was manager

of Hopedale Coal & Ice for

decades. Bill, Sr was also an amateur

photographer.

Bill, Jr., who

was born in 1922, said he never saw his father take a

picture. As

far

as he knew, all of his father's pictures were taken between

1890

and 1910.

Another clue that the pictures on this page were

doen by Barney is that

Arthur

definitely had other Barney picturews

in his possession. While it seems

likely that

these pictures were

done by Barney

, I can't say that I'm 100% sure of

that.

The picture below is from John Butcher.

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