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The Coolest Machines on Ice Book by Eric Dregni ISBN 9780760324394 128 pages Quarto Publishing Group USA. The history of the wonderful, magical Zamboni. This ice-resurfacing machine has become the stuff of legend, an icon as beloved among winter sport enthusiasts as ice skates and hockey pucks.
Until 1949, resurfacing an ice rink required an ungainly tractor-pulled shaver followed by three or four workers scooping away the shavings and then spraying and squeegeeing water. The process—including the refreezing—took more than an hour, as skaters or hockey players waited patiently. That all changed when a tireless inventor by the name of Frank J. Zamboni—who also happened to own a skating rink in Southern California—put his mind to creating a quality sheet of ice in a shorter time.
