Cornerstones: “Making Cold” Part III
May 19, 2025
This continues a series of Cornerstones of Compression corollary articles that provide an historical look at the industries that drove the invention and technological evolution of compressors and that supported the growth and development of the industries that depended on them. This issue concludes a brief look at compressors developed for “making cold.”
Several companies introduced refrigeration compressors in the early 1880s. By 1891, the periodical, Industrial Refrigeration, contained advertisements from no less than 30 U.S. manufacturers of ice making and refrigeration machines to fill the burgeoning demand for ice making and mechanical refrigeration in breweries, meat packers, creameries, hotels, restaurants, steam ships…
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