CopiumAddiction t1_isntorh wrote
Reply to comment by stumcm in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm
I used to live on Wenham Lake and didn't know about this until recently.
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