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deliveringicetohomes

Field Delivery services
Went Obsolete 1930s?
Made Obsolete By Prevalence of electrical refrigeration
Knowledge Assumed Moving large, heavy, cold blocks of frozen water
When useful Cooling required

Before mechanical refrigeration, homes had ice boxes. Literally a box cooled with ice. Ice deliveries would refresh your supply of cold-ness. Some homes had doors on the outside into the ice box, so the ice didn't need to be carried through the house to the kitchen.

 
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