biography
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Mort, Thomas Sutcliffe
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| lived:
| (1816–78)
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| biography:
| Businessman and pioneer of refrigeration, born in Bolton, Lancashire, NW England, UK. He went to Sydney in 1838 as agent for an English firm. In 1854 he constructed a dry dock at Balmain, Sydney, a venture in which half of the company shares were held by his employees. As well as shipbuilding, the first Australian railway locomotive was built there in 1870. He established a scientific farm at Bodalla, New South Wales, building a model community for his workers. His experience there in the wastage of perishable foods led to an interest in refrigeration, and he built a large freezing plant at Darling Harbour, Sydney, in 1875. |
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