63 Years of Snowmaking

Today’s the 63rd anniversary of the first example of man-mad snow outside the laboratory, an event which has provided many benefits to riders across the country.

Flying over Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts, GE research scientist Vincent Schaefer seeded a cloud to produce snow. Schaefer’s interest in snowmaking originated, in part, in efforts during World War II to create fog to hide ships at sea.

You can read more at the site Mass Moments, a project of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.