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The Ice House, Calcutta
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A hand-coloured print of Ice House, Calcutta,
from the Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and Surrounding
Districts, taken by Frederick Fiebig in 1851. Ice Houses were built
in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras by Fredric Tudor, a merchant from
Boston, who first brought ice to India in 1833 on a ship called
'The Clipper Tuscany'. Later ice was produced in India by the steam
process and the ice houses were no longer needed to store the ice
imported from America. The Ice House in Madras is the only one of
the three buildings still standing .
Title: The Ice House, Calcutta
Description:
A hand-coloured print of Ice House, Calcutta,
from the Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and Surrounding
Districts, taken by Frederick Fiebig in 1851.
Ice Houses were built
in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras by Fredric Tudor, a merchant from
Boston, who first brought ice to India in 1833 on a ship called
'The Clipper Tuscany'.
Later ice was produced in India by the steam
process and the ice houses were no longer needed to store the ice
imported from America.
The Ice House in Madras is the only one of
the three buildings still standing .
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