Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2013.041.027 |
Object Name |
Pick, Ice |
Description |
Small ice pick with a wooden handle. Iron pick is attached to the handle on one end. The handle is rounded but has two flat sides. Stamped into one of the flat sides is "Huether's Tri Pure Ice/Purer Than The Water/You Drink". Stamped on the other flat side is "Huether's Brewing Co. Ltd/Kitchener, Ont". |
Date |
1930 |
Date |
1939 |
Dimensions |
W-2 L-22 cm |
History |
Ice was an important aspect of the early brewing process and, locally, the Huether Brewing Company, later renamed Blue Top Brewing and then Ranger Brewing, also sold their own brand of ice. Operating from 1930 through the mid-1950s, the Tri-Pure Ice Company (also known as the Kitchener Tri-Pure Ice Company and the Ranger Ice Company) made blocks of ice to cool the brewery's delivery trucks. They also sold the ice to other local businesses and the public. In addition to delivering ice around Kitchener and Waterloo, the company also had a self-serve, coin operated station at the brewery on King Street West in Kitchener. Individual bags of ice cubes and up to 50 lb blocks where available for a quarter each in 1951. |
Search Terms |
Huether Brewing Company Limited Tri-Pure Ice Company |