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Originally Posted by Just Sold
Trying to break up the ice is what they were doing. I was talking with Pepper today and she told me that it is done along the Weirs Channel by one of the marina's there every year. It speeds up the ice out process.
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I'll guess that it helps break up the floes so that the wind is less likely to move 1 big, heavy floe into the docks. Smaller pieces propably stack up better, with less pressure at any 1 point, causing less damage perhaps .... ?