Clean Sweep! Frank Zamboni's Ice Machine - Great Idea Series

Now in paperback. Meet Frank Zamboni, whose determination and persistence led to his invention of the now-famous Zamboni ice-resurfacing machine. When Frank Zamboni, along with his brother and cousin, opened their own skating rink in 1940 in Paramount, California, it could take an hour and a half for a crew to resurface the ice. They had to level the surface by shaving down the pits and grooves with a tractor, remove the shavings, wash the ice and find a way to give the rink its shining finish. Skaters became exasperated with the wait, so Frank was determined to do something about it. Could he turn a ninety-minute job for five men into a ten-minute task for only one? Working in the shed behind his ice rink, Frank drew designs and built models of machines he hoped would do the job. For nine years, he worked on his invention, each model an improvement on the one before. Finally, in 1949, Frank tested the Model A, which "cleaned the ice in one sweep around the rink." The rest is history.

Product details

• Authors: Renne Benoit, Renné Benoit, Monica Kulling, Kulling Monica
• Assisted by: Renne Benoit (Illustration), Renné Benoit (Illustration), Benoit Renne (Illustration)
• Publisher: Tundra Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781770497962
• ISBN: 978-1-77049-796-2
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 253 mm x 4 mm
• Series: Great Idea Series; Great Idea Series; Great Idea
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; USA, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / General, United States of America, USA, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Interest age: from c 5 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past