TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust dictionaryofsydney.org Submitted by stumcm t3_y5vimm on October 16, 2022 at 11:42 PM in todayilearned 177 comments 3,011
A40 t1_ism6m49 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:43 AM I wonder how many crop and forest pests hitchhiked along? Permalink −1− lsanborn t1_ismgwl1 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:01 AM They were already shipping both food and timber all over the world. Permalink Parent 2 A40 t1_ismh9p4 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:04 AM Tons of straw, peat and sawdust with every shipload (all going to waste) are kinda a guarantee of pest importation :-) Permalink Parent −1−
lsanborn t1_ismgwl1 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:01 AM They were already shipping both food and timber all over the world. Permalink Parent 2 A40 t1_ismh9p4 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:04 AM Tons of straw, peat and sawdust with every shipload (all going to waste) are kinda a guarantee of pest importation :-) Permalink Parent −1−
A40 t1_ismh9p4 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:04 AM Tons of straw, peat and sawdust with every shipload (all going to waste) are kinda a guarantee of pest importation :-) Permalink Parent −1−
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