Question: What Florida city is known for being the birthplace of refrigeration?
Answer: Apalachicola
The beginnings of mechanical air conditioning and refrigeration began in the town of Apalachicola. In 1833, a doctor named John Gorrie moved from New York to Apalachicola. Dr. Gorrie began to experiment with a way to make ice. He began to work on what would become the beginnings of mechanical refrigeration. In 1948, Dr. Gorrie filed the first patent for an artificial refrigeration machine. Granted on May 6, 1851 the U.S. Patent No. 8080, the “improved process for the artificial production of ice” was official.
