Trains had special container cars with ice to keep meat, milk and other goods cold for long distances on their way to market.
VOA: special.2010.01.11
It is famous for shipping outrageous ingredients across great distances, at enormous cost, to keep both millionaire whales and on-a-budget buffet hogs happy.
The Supreme Court decided in 1853 that Morse could keep the patent on his innovative method for transmitting telegraph signals over long distances, but not the fundamental scientific principle that electricity can transmit information.