Personal Devices · Recorded milestone
Home refrigerator
Recorded year1914
An electric refrigerator keeps food cold and safe for days, ending deliveries of ice and making leftovers and weekly shopping possible.
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Led to
- Absorption refrigeratorRecorded · 1925enables
- Sealed fridge compressorRecorded · 1927enables
- CFC refrigerantsRecorded · 1928enables
- Building heat pumpRecorded · 1938enables
- Home freezerRecorded · 1940enables
- Refrigerated truckingRecorded · 1940enables
- LNG tankersRecorded · 1964enables
- Hydrocarbon fridgesRecorded · 1993enables
- Fat freezingRecorded · 2010enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.