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Florida’s Ice Maker: Meet the Father of Ice-Making and Refrigeration

By Michael Warren

Florida summers would be barely bearable if not for John Gorrie, the inventor of the ice-machine and the father of air-conditioning.

Filed Under: Florida Day Trips, Florida History, Florida Oddities Tagged With: air conditioning, apalachicola, ice-making, john gorrie, refrigeration

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