hdiggyh t1_isqllrj 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
The Wenham historical museum has some stuff on this which is interesting. Kind of odd to think about now since that lake never freezes that solid anymore and because of the drought this summer has lost a considerable volume
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