When Horace Wrinch built the Hazelton Hospital in 1904 he also built an ice-house. The ice was brought from the Hospital Lake a mile or so away. Ice has many important uses in a hospital. Ice cream may not have been life-saving but it was certainly something that was considered very well worth having. Here Horace, on the right, is making ice cream. The ingredients were placed into a thin drum which was then sunk into a larger container that contained ice and salt. Since milk and cream won’t freeze until the temperature is 20F (-6.7C), the salt melted the ice and produced a brine that was cold enough to provide the refrigeration. (Photo: from my collection)
