Before refrigeration, keeping things cold meant waiting for winter, cutting up a frozen lake, packing it in sawdust, and hoping a lot of it survived the boat ride.
Veritasium has a great video on Frederic Tudor, the Boston merchant who helped create the commercial ice trade in the early 1800s. — Read the rest
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