History of Portable Cold - The Ice Trade

History of Portable Cold - The Ice Trade | Forgotten History

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Ай бұрын

There was a time when tepid was the only temperature you could order a drink in. When did that change? When could we first enjoy cold ones, ones being beer, butter, or our bedroom? How did we conquer heat and come to survive summer sitting in our personal ice boxes? Let us explore the history of the ice trade, or how humanity learned to move cold from one place to another.
#history #ice #america #icecream #trader #trade #summer
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Media Courtesy of Wikimedia and Commons and KZfaq Music Library
Further Reading:
Kistler, Linda H., et al. “PLANNING AND CONTROL IN THE 19th CENTURY ICE TRADE.” The Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, 1984, pp. 19-30. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40697793. Accessed 3 May 2024.

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@buddyg1408 21 күн бұрын

The ice was above the food in an icebox

@kenfenske5002 21 күн бұрын

True - cold sinks

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory 20 күн бұрын

Good catch!

@brokenrecord3523 16 күн бұрын

...piece of furniture that housed a literal block of ice. Below, food was stored inside.

@Bobo-ox7fj 15 күн бұрын

@@brokenrecord3523 "...below food that was being stored inside."

@DaisyMae-yn3lz Ай бұрын

I’ll take my ice with cream please!

@paulmaxwell8851 22 күн бұрын

A fascinating trade whose history is, by and large, forgotten. And yet it was an enormous, highly important industry!

@fasx56 16 күн бұрын

I knew that Ice was harvested and used State side, had no idea that it was such an export commodity. Thank you for such a detailed and informative video. There are hundreds of these historical Jems on KZfaq, such a valuable source of information.

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory 16 күн бұрын

Thank you! Learning how distributors got their product from point A to B in more or less one piece truely was the most fascinating part for me as well.

@QingChina1 Ай бұрын

You're alive!!

@jameslovelady7751 26 күн бұрын

As a kid in the 1940s saw Union Ice Company trucks delivering to homes. Sometimes the driver would give you a chip to suck on. In 1955 I visited the old Ice plant which was driven by 15 foot tal 4 cylinder gas engines.

@nfrcomputers 23 күн бұрын

dude how do you only have 400 subs this is awesome.

@ThugDollXO 21 күн бұрын

Agree

@cassiuskoppenhofer5120 Ай бұрын

High-quality video! Interesting and informative.

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory Ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you like it.

@evilxeye Ай бұрын

I love this content, please keep making vids! You should have more subscribers 👏👏

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@MikeH-sg2ue 22 күн бұрын

We have an ice machine on the kitchen counter. I have ice cold lemonade before me, currently! Thanks for the History lesson! Play carefully, & smile often!

@GinaLola 17 күн бұрын

Tudors home grounds were on the island of Nahant. My family at the time were on Nahant and known as Cod fish Aristocrats. We had begun a lucrative business in Maine Lobsters that were shipped by boat on the Eastern seaboard. Tudors ice was used to keep the lobsters fresh and very much alive. Soon the steamboat would become a major transporter of the seafood, made of metal this style wheel ship and use with the ice extended the distance that Maine lobster could be transported. I was glad to receive such a historical video. Very nicely done!

@HandyMan657 Ай бұрын

Well that was, cool. Thanks

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory Ай бұрын

Glad you could come chill

@Doodlebug-lk7nw Ай бұрын

Ice Cream!

@herzogsbuick 21 күн бұрын

i had read about this a while back, but i enjoyed how you put it all together. subscribed!

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory 20 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@petercarlisle2927 22 күн бұрын

Great video.

@alecfromminnenowhere2089 21 күн бұрын

If you continue this topic maybe a story on how they preserved the vegetables from the southwest to the northeastern states. About the ice production along the way that replenished the railcars.

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory 20 күн бұрын

Good idea! It is interesting how in many instances with refrigeration distant growers were able to outcompete local farmers due to how economical transport had become.

@davidmeeks2405 25 күн бұрын

Still waiting to win the Lottery so that I can simply have the Captain sail my Yacht northward until I can retrieve some ice from a Glacier which can then be chipped to chill my Bourbon.

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory 20 күн бұрын

Allegedly, something like this caused the Titanic to sink...

@bigsmiler5101 26 күн бұрын

It's fascinating how there were major industries in old times that no one talks about. The LOGISTICS (supply) of items that made a culture succeed should be taught. How many Western movies even mention the Ice Supply? {I think only "A Million Ways to Die in the West"} None of the train robberies in the movies mention the villains grabbing some ice out of the Ice Car--BUT I bet it Did happen.

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory 26 күн бұрын

Truely, I think the most interesting part of researching this was the logistics, especially with the calculations businesses had to do in order to make shipping ice across the world profitable when your profits are literally melting away!

@R290s_biggest_fan 19 күн бұрын

Please do a video on early refrigeration

@QingChina1 Ай бұрын

Ice cream on top! I hope that the next video will be about the history of fire. ;)

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory Ай бұрын

You know someone will have made a fire cartel.

@russellschumacher3409 Ай бұрын

This is a great video on ice!

@CrackaChin Ай бұрын

👍

@DaniTheDeer 22 күн бұрын

Near my town is a cave that continuously produces ice (somehow, could be magic for all I know) and it was used until the 1950s to provide fresh ice for the region. Now since its no longer mined for ice, the cave is completely sealed by ice and theres a lot of historical items trapped inside the cave.

@jussikankinen9409 21 күн бұрын

Pyramids were ice houses

@michaelsadventures4261 26 күн бұрын

Great upload.

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory 20 күн бұрын

Great comment.

@chibiscuit7614 Ай бұрын

I like my ice creamy! Other than that, I prefer my water without ice cubes personally. I can't say I ever considered its history but that was interesting! And wow, ice cartels. Have they made a film about that yet?

@beyondbattleforgottenhistory Ай бұрын

We had a cold war but no cold film? For shame!

@chibiscuit7614 Ай бұрын

@@beyondbattleforgottenhistory Time for the newest Ice Age film! Ps: I love the title. All HAIL indeed, hah! :D

@sagar360 16 күн бұрын

The ice house built my tudor in my city madras(chennai) - india still exists. Its called vivekananthar illam now.

@MooreRetro 28 күн бұрын

Oh! If you enjoyed the research on this, there were 18th century ice cream recipes for the summer. A great video on this is Jas Townsend & Son's Orange Fool cooking video titled "A Dessert Fit For The Washingtons". Also, what's the background music to this?

@mayamachine 13 күн бұрын

my family made a lot of money shipping ice from Maine back in the day.

@jussikankinen9409 21 күн бұрын

Old days there was 4 seasons in greek, last ice age when sahara was green, in greek stories they talk about winter

@meemo32086 22 күн бұрын

100 years ago, Florida had high death rates from hurricanes. The bodies were brought to the ice houses to prevent as much decay as possible. They needed to get the bodies ID'd and returned to family.