The Frozen Water Trade - Hardcover

Weightman, Gavin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007102852 ISBN 13: 9780007102853

Verlag: HarperCollins, 2002

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Physical description; xxi, 200 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Tudor, Frederic 1783-1864. Ice industry - New England - History. Primary industries ; International trade ; History of specific subjects. Northeastern & North. Atlantic states ; c 1800 to c 1900

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Everybody everywhere enjoys imbibing beverages 'on the rocks' probably without ever sparing a thought about how the frozen wherewithal was achieved before the advent of artificial refrigeration. This book tells the fascinating tale of Frederic Tudor, a diminutive Bostonian of Devonshire descent, who in the early 19th century evolved the idea of transporting New England ice to the four corners of the earth to cool fevered brows, aid in the creation of ice cream and deliver a refreshing coldness to all manner of drinks. Tudor faced widespread derision, but persevered to found a vast industry. Weightman's account is excellently researched and presented, and vividly covers the total demise of a now forgotten industry.

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The story of the 19th-century ice trade, in which ice from New England – valued for its incredible purity – revolutionised domestic life around the world.

In the days before artificial refrigeration, it was thought impossible to transport ice for long distances. But one man, Frederic Tudor, was convinced it could be done. This is the story of how, almost single-handedly, and in the face of near-universal mockery, he established a vast industry that would introduce the benefits of fresh ice to large parts of the globe.

Thanks to Tudor, the American fashion for drinks ‘on the rocks’ spread to tropical areas such as the West Indies and British India. By the 1830s fleets of schooners carried the frozen cargo, packed with sawdust and tarpaulins for insulation, to all corners of the world. The harvesting of the ice from New England’s lakes employed thousands of men.

The frozen water trade had a profound influence on the tastes of a large part of the world, but with the development of artificial cooling systems in the first quarter of the 20th century, the huge industry established by Frederic Tudor vanished as if it had never been.

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• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0007102852
• ISBN 13: 9780007102853
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224