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take_five_moments [any]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days ago

The Ice King - In the mid-19th century you could find ice clinking in glasses from India to the Caribbean...

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take_five_moments [any]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days ago
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In the mid-19th century, decades before home refrigeration became the norm, you could find ice clinking in glasses from India to the Caribbean, thanks to a global commodities industry that has since melted into obscurity: the frozen water trade. In the cold Northeast of the United States, workers would cut ice from frozen ponds, haul it to port,
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  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Did people not get sick from the water from the lakes?

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      You wouldn’t be drinking it in water, but usually some kind of alcohol.

      It’s wouldn’t surprise me if there were cases of it happening.

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