How We Got to Now
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Updated: 28 Nov 2017
Chapter 2: Cold
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Created bySarah Foster
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Tudor's brother and cousin transport ice to tropical climates while Tudor set sail on his brig, favorite, towards West Indies.Tudor was thrown in debtor's prisonTudor had a full Icehouse's in South AmericaTudor's ships were sailing all the way to Rio de Janeiro and BombayGorrie created a refridgeration machineOther people started to copy Tudor's idea resulting in over a hundred thousand tons of boston ice being shipped out each year2/3 of New York homes had a daily delievery of iceCivil War broke out and ports were blocked making it difficult for ice to be shipped inHutchinson built a new packing plant that featured cooling rooms to store porkSouthern States made more artificial ice than anywhere in the worldIce became less avaliable due to a cold winter and the whole country sufferedBirdseye developed the flash-freezing processCarrier tested his AC system in Paramount Pictures' new Manhattan movie thearter in RivoliCarrier demonstrated what it would be like when air conditioning was in homesAir conditioning was in homesAmeicans life was profoundly shaped by artificial coldPeople began migrating south at an extremely fast rate due to air conditioning making it tolerable
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