What is this tool called? it is used to pick up blocks of ice? it grabs around the ice block and you carry i

Question

this item is made by certified ice co and says first for service originator of the cash and carry system.

Answer 1

Ice tongs

Answer 2

Ice tongs. When the ice man would deliver ice to your home he would lift the fifty pound block of ice onto a leather pad that was strapped to his shoulder. The ice was placed into an insulated cabinet called an ice box. The ice box was used as a refrigerator to keep food cool. Sometimes the iceman would have to carry the ice up several flights of stairs to apartments. A strong iceman might be able to carry a block of ice on each shoulder. The ice might be cut from frozen lakes or rivers in the winter and stored in an ice house. It was kept insulated for use in warmer weather by covering it with sawdust from the nearby saw mill (saw mills often used water power to run their saws). On warm days children would follow the ice wagon and beg the iceman for small pieces of ice that would break off from the blocks. The youngsters would use these pieces of ice to cool themselves, sort of like an un-flavored Popsicle.

Answer 3

ice tongs. The ice man used it to carry the ice to the ice box , that was before refrigerators were invented

Answer 4

The first answer is correct from a street term "Ice-Pickerupper".
The Ice Tong is the Technical name.

Answer 5

Ice Tongs is correct.

Answer 6

Tongs

Answer 7

Ice tongs.

Answer 8

ice tongs

Answer 9

an ice-pickerupper

Answer 10

ice-block grabber-lifter tool