History of Ice Boxes

The History of Ice Boxes

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Michael Gover

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What are Ice Boxes?

• They're what people used to keep their food cold before the invention of the electric refrigorator we know today

• They take advatage of the power of Evaporation to keep food cold

Where did the Ice come from?

The ice industry provided winter work for local farmers

• From 1840 to 1920, the Ice Harvesting industry in New York was at its peak

• A single barge carrying ice could hould between 400 and 1000 tons of ice

The ice had to be thick enough to account for melting during processing

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• Ice would be delivered to people similar to how we recieve the news paper

• The Ice which is stored up top in order to keep the content of the box cool would slowly melt, and the water would drain down into a basin at the bottom of the box

• People throwing this water out there window would be a common occurence

What factors contributed to the decline of the New York ice industry?

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