First Icemaker made?
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Not exactly.
Maybe the first time GE offered any kind of ice-making device; but Servel made ice first.
lawrence
Maybe the first time GE offered any kind of ice-making device; but Servel made ice first.
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oliger
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I had a fridge with one of the first icemakers. It was an rca whirlpool bottom freezer. 1966.
Servel invented the automatic icemaker. In 1958, Whirlpool Corp. acquired the refrigeration and home appliance division and its Evansville, IN manufacturing plant. Starting in 1955, they had merged with Seeger Refrigeration of Evansville, and then bought the International Harvester refrigerator facility. This gave Whirlpool ownership of all refrigerator factories in that town. All this occured with the backing of Sears, of course., as they were the primary customer.
If you have ever watched the Thin Man Movies with William Powell and Myrna Loy, they had an ice maker in their apartment that was a tall unit with ice trays stacked vertically in slots in the evaporator. It probably had something to do with all of the drinking. The first film was made in 1934 so there were dedicated ice-making machines at the time, if not automatic ones.
Doc Brown had one way back in 1885!
twintubdexter
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">There was an "elaborate" ice-making machine on the Titanic...just what they needed huh?</span>
The Biltmore Estate
The estate had refrigeration and ice-making equipment on-site. Both used a brine solution chilled by compressed ammonia gas. The ice maker was capable of producing 300 pounds of ice, according to the Guide book.
lawrence
The estate had refrigeration and ice-making equipment on-site. Both used a brine solution chilled by compressed ammonia gas. The ice maker was capable of producing 300 pounds of ice, according to the Guide book.
lawrence
