• The world's first successful refrigerated cargo ship. français

French engineer Charles Tellier 1828–1913

In 1876 Tellier purchased a 690 ton ship named Eboe and fitted a Methyl-ether refrigeration plant designed by him. Renamed 'Le Frigorifique' the ship successfully exported frozen mutton from Argentina to France.

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