In the early 19th century, the idea of exporting ice to the tropics sounded like a joke. Ice was heavy, fragile, and melted. Yet one Boston entrepreneur built a global industry out of frozen New England ponds and earned the nickname “The Ice King.” His name was Frederic Tudor.
Ice Harvesting in Massachusetts, early 1850s. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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Frederic Tudor: The Ice King of Boston
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