All posts tagged "ice"
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9.7KBusiness and LaborHow Narragansett Beer Survived Prohibition (But Still Couldn’t Escape the Government)
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, anyone who walked into a New England tavern and ordered a beer probably got a Narragansett....
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18.4K22Business and LaborThe 1871 Whaling Disaster: 33 Ships Crushed by Arctic Ice
In 1871, a whaling disaster in the Arctic hastened the end of the U.S. whaling industry as ice shipwrecked 33 whale ships....
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