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There were plenty of factories in nearby Manchester and Liverpool.

• smegger001 3y ago
  Both of which are in the middle of England which would have involved shipping shellfish to England before the invention of refrigeration. Oceanic travel on the fastest steam powered passenger vessels of the time maxed out at 13 knots or approximately 15 mph. Cargo ships are going to be slower many will be using sail so closer to 6 knots. Dublin to to Liverpool is about 191 miles by sea. So 31 hours away just counting transit how long are these warm clams good for?
  • arrosenberg 3y ago
    > warm clams Was it warm in the North Atlantic in the 1840s winters? Shellfish will keep for a few days to a week at refrigeration temperatures, 31 hours seems feasible at least several months a year in this hypothetical scenario.
    • bobthepanda 3y ago
      Not to mention that, pre-refrigeration, they did literally ship ice around the world: https://crystalicela.com/how-ice-delivered-before-refrigerators/#:~:text=Insulation%20such%20as%20tin%20and,how%20families%20ordered%20their%20ice https://crystalicela.com/how-ice-delivered-before-refrigerat....