Apalachicola, Florida - Museum to the Man who Invented Air Conditioning
- Address:
- 46 6th St., Apalachicola, FL
- Directions:
- John Gorrie Museum. On 6th St./Broad St. at the corner of Ave. C/Columbus St. Only a couple of blocks west of the US 98 bridge across East Bay.
- Admission:
- State Park Fee $1, under 6 free.
- Hours:
- Th-M 9-5, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 850-653-9347
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It must have cost a relative fortune, but the museum proudly exhibits a flashing, lighted mock-up display showing the scientific principles of Gorrie's ice maker. He used the machine to produce cold air for the inmates of a local TB sanitarium.
The small building also has a lovely walled garden so you can rest after viewing the displays. [Steve Campbell, 01/10/1999]
[RA: Florida owes John Gorrie a lot. An old postcard of a diorama at the museum reads: "Dr. John Gorrie points to the first air conditioner suspended from ceiling of sick room. A convection current of air piped from above passing over an ice filled vessel was cooled by the melting ice. Then he invented the ice making machine."]Nearby Offbeat Places
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