Tallyho's picture represents the closest representation of what I found. I think it what I found may be part of a larger contraption for harvesting ice.
From the Meredith Historical Society:
Ice cutting would have been done on a regular basis by Shep Brown himself (from 1925) and by Solomon Lovejoy (from the 1880s). They cut ice for summer customers on the islands and the Neck. Solomon would have supplied the Bear Island hotel as would Shep until it burned in the 1930s. Any idea of how old the equipment is? I doubt either of them had much in the way of big equipment, however. They would be the logical people given the location which both owned for many years (Shep bought it from Solomon in 1925).
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