New England ice trade

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19th-century economic activity historical industry ice trade

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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Label	Occurrences
New England ice trade canonical	1
New England maritime trade	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century economic activity ⓘ historical industry ⓘ ice trade ⓘ
basedOn	natural ice ⓘ
centeredIn	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlestown, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	globalization of food supply chains ⓘ wider availability of chilled beverages ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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Tudor Ice Company → associatedWith → New England ice trade ⓘ

Stonington, Connecticut sealing fleet → maritimeDomain → New England ice trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England maritime trade