Chronicle of cooling – from embassies to private households The kickoff refrigerator to be widely distributed was the General Electric “Monitor-Top” icebox introduced in 1927. The compressor building, which emitted a huge deal of warmth, was placed above the locker, and enclosed with an enhancing halo. Over a million units were produced and numerous of these are still operational now. The launching of Freon in the 1920s lengthened the icebox market during the 1930s and gave ... read more ->