Frederick Newbery’s long-distance milk pipes

Frederick Newbery envisioned pipes transporting milk underground from farms directly into cities. He received a patent for this idea in 1874 (No. 148,620). Though as far as I know, his long-distance milk pipes were never put into practice.

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Posted By: Alex - Sun May 17, 2020
Category: Inventions | Patents | Nineteenth Century

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Don't laugh. For an era without long distance paved roads or vehicles that could travel at moderate speeds to carry milk from a distribution center to market, the concept makes sense.

Posted by KDP on 05/17/20 at 09:43 AM

Alex--should be paired with this former post by you, which happened to stick in my memory.

http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/wine_on_tap/

Posted by Paul on 05/17/20 at 12:03 PM

When I hear 'milk pump', I think of something different.

Posted by Virtual in Carnate on 05/18/20 at 09:38 AM

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