Tudor had cut ice out of a lake in Lynn and packed it below the ship’s water line, using a mixture of sawdust and hay as insulation. An impressive amount of the ice survived the 20-day journey over the Atlantic Ocean. But because there was no place to store it in Martinique, much of it turned into worthless liquid before it could be sold. Tudor lost a small fortune, but also solved the problem. The following year, when he took his business to Havana, he first worked out a deal with the local authorities to construct an icehouse before he arrived. After some more trial and error, Tudor began to turn a profit, and with that, the ice industry was off to the races.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 13:43:47 +0000
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