The creation of the ice trade is covered in entertaining detail in chapter 4 of Bill Bryson's At Home [1], including a story of how the first speculative shiplo

The creation of the ice trade is covered in entertaining detail in chapter 4 of Bill Bryson's At Home [1], including a story of how the first speculative shipload to London was held so long by Customs trying to figure out how to tax it, that most of it melted. [1] http://www.amazon.com/At-Home-Short-History-Private/dp/0767919394/ http://www.amazon.com/At-Home-Short-History-Private/dp/07679...