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The Robinson family used an icehouse to preserve goods before indoor refrigeration was available. Ice from Bull Run was brought to the farm, packed in straw to keep it from thawing, and then put in the icehouse to keep perishables cool. Excavations of the Robinson icehouse show that the family used the area as a trash-pit during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries after they purchased an indoor refrigeration element (like an icebox). This photo shows the area of the icehouse/trashpit during excavations. |
