Evolution of the Refrigerator

By 23courtneystone

  • The Ice House

    The Ice House
    People would gather snow and ice from nearby mountains and store it in these houses.

  • The Ice Box

    The Ice Box
    Ice boxes are boxes are boxes that were used to keep food cold by keeping ice in them. The ice would eventually melt, so each box had a drip tray.

  • The Electric Refrigerator

    The Electric Refrigerator
    This was an ice box like refrigerator, but had a cooling system on top.

  • Mechanical Refrigerators

    Mechanical Refrigerators
    Over 5,000 mechanical refrigerators were manufactured.

  • The Refrigerator We Now Know

    The Refrigerator We Now Know
    This introduced a bottom-cooling fridge.

  • 2010 Update

    2010 Update
    The standard for refrigerators has been updated thrre times according to recommendations sent to DOE in 2010.

  • 1987 Update

    1987 Update
    President Reagan put standards that refrigerators must follow.