I know they had refrigerators, and big blocks of ice would be sent to the house.. but how was the ice made??
2007-01-27 14:44:09 · 6 answers · asked by Luckystar25 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well they did have electricity in factories long before there was electricity in individual homes. The whole process of cooling can be ran by a gasoline engine too. In the very, very old days people would go out in the winter and cut ice from lakes as they froze. Then they would put them in "ice houses". These were semi underground store houses. The ice was placed in there and packed with sawdust between blocks. They would fill huge ice houses with tons of ice from lakes as they froze over the winter and then sell the ice all summer. They even shipped in on trains sometimes.
2007-01-27 14:54:10 · answer #1 · answered by psycho-cook 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In winter, ice would be collected and then stored in warehouses. But the ice would be salted to keep it from melting, and kept underground during the summer.
Arabs also knew how to make ice in the middle of the desert, but I'm not sure about the specifics.
2007-01-27 22:59:27 · answer #2 · answered by I'm gonna be a pirate! Arrgh 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They either waited for it to snow or they shipped it over from Alaska just kidding I not to fa miler with fridges If you think about it there are fruits and vegetables on trees that don't need Ice.
2007-01-27 22:56:18 · answer #3 · answered by Unoptrid1aq 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the ice factory. They used chemistry to create ice, kind of what we do with air conditioning but in a large scale.
2007-01-27 22:48:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It was stored in warehouses. I have an old icebox. It was made in 1920. I am its second owner.
2007-01-28 02:38:31 · answer #5 · answered by Call Me Babs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was imported. Or it was stored up in large warehouses each winter.
2007-01-27 22:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by Ben B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋