Ice harvest time on Lake Phalen as Winter Carnival nears
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Workers sawed, chiseled, and raised block after block of ice from of Lake Phalen Saturday. Each block is about 12 inches thick, 42 inches long and 22 inches wide, and weighs in around 450 lbs.
Workers took between 1,000 and 1,200 blocks by truck to Rice Park in St. Paul to begin construction of the royal courtyard, one of this year's attractions at the St. Paul Winter Carnival.
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