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Icehouses

Scope note

Specially insulated and ventilated agricultural buildings, increasingly popular after the mid-19th-century rise in dairy production, for the storing of ice blocks.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30008004

Broader Terms used

agricultural buildings

Term used for

houses, ice
ice houses

Equivalent Terms used

icehouse

Created

13yrs ago

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