New England ice trade

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The New England ice trade was a 19th-century industry centered in the northeastern United States that harvested, stored, and shipped natural ice worldwide for use in food preservation, drinks, and refrigeration before mechanical cooling became widespread.

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New England ice trade canonical 1
New England maritime trade 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century economic activity ⓘ
historical industry ⓘ
ice trade ⓘ
basedOn natural ice ⓘ
centeredIn Boston ⓘ
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Charlestown, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Charlestown, Boston

Maine ⓘ
contributedTo globalization of food supply chains ⓘ
wider availability of chilled beverages ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineCause development of artificial ice ⓘ
spread of mechanical refrigeration ⓘ
economicImpact expansion of New England merchant networks ⓘ
growth of New England shipping ⓘ
endTime early 20th century ⓘ
exportedTo Australia ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
China ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
India ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
followedBy mechanical refrigeration industry ⓘ
industryType export-oriented industry ⓘ
locatedIn New England ⓘ
northeastern United States ⓘ
mainActivity harvesting natural ice ⓘ
shipping natural ice ⓘ
storing natural ice ⓘ
notableCompany Tudor Ice Company ⓘ
peakPeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
precededBy traditional food preservation methods ⓘ
product block ice ⓘ
ice for iceboxes ⓘ
rawMaterialSource frozen ponds ⓘ
lakes in New England ⓘ
significantPerson Frederic Tudor ⓘ
linked to: Frederick Tudor

Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth ⓘ
startTime early 19th century ⓘ
technologyUsed ice plow ⓘ
insulated icehouse ⓘ
sawdust insulation ⓘ
transportMethod railroads ⓘ
sailing ships ⓘ
steamships ⓘ
use cooling drinks ⓘ
food preservation ⓘ
refrigeration ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tudor Ice Company → associatedWith → New England ice trade ⓘ
Stonington, Connecticut sealing fleet → maritimeDomain → New England maritime trade ⓘ
linked to: New England ice trade