The first Ice machine in Tucson arrived on August 6, 1879 for Paul Moroney, Esq. Mr. Moroney had ordered his ice machine from San Francisco.
On August 6, 1879 at 4 p.m. the machine began making the first ice in Tucson.
Source:
"131 years ago today, the ice age arrived in a grateful Old Pueblo." Arizona Daily Star. August 6, 2010. Page A2.
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