Frederick McKinley Jones, an orphan with only 4 years of school, invented the first reliable refrigerated truck in 1938. He co-founded Thermo King and secured over 60 patents. Thanks to him, fresh food on your plate may have traveled thousands of miles. | History Revived

In 1938, Frederick McKinley Jones revolutionized food transportation with his invention of the first successful mobile refrigeration system. Born in Covington, Kentucky in 1893, this self-taught engineer created a mechanical cooling unit that could be mounted on trucks, ending the era of using ice for food transport. 🚛 His invention, the Model A, transformed the way America ate. Before Jones, trucks could only travel short distances before food spoiled. His mechanical cooling system allowed fre