Birthplace of Commercial Ice Cream Production
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 51.242 W 076° 46.276
18S E 348479 N 4413057
In 1851 C. Jacob Fussell built a factory nearby to produce ice cream from the surplus milk and cream of York County dairy farmers.
Waymark Code: WM12G3B
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2020
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Birthplace of Commercial Ice Cream Production-In 1851 C. Jacob Fussell built a factory nearby to produce ice cream from the surplus milk and cream of York County dairy farmers. This was the first time that ice cream had been mass-produced for commercial distribution in the US. The nearby Northern Central Railroad provided easy access to the Baltimore market. After Fussell moved his operations to Baltimore, commercial production was continued by local manufacturers into the 1940s.
Marker Name: Birthplace of Commercial Ice Cream Production
County: York
Date Dedicated: 07/15/2012
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: On York Co. Heritage Rail Trail at bridge over Rt. 214, Seven Valleys
Category: Agriculture, Business & Industry, Entrepreneurs, Invention, Railroads
Website: Not listed
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