How did refrigeration work before electricity was widespread?

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I’m curious about the really old ice boxes, but I was really wondering about the ones from the 1800s that relied on coolant and some form of evaporation.

I can’t really picture how old is physics work without electricity.

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Root cellars!

I remember behind my grandparents house was a cellar they had dug out years ago. It went down about 10 feet and had a large mound of dirt on it. It was always way cooler down there than outside.

Some of the early refrigerators used a block of ice shipped in from somewhere.

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