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Dan

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Re: historic question...
« Reply #15 on: August 19, 2006, 09:47:54 AM »
The Royal Navy issued food in tin cans in the 1830s & it had been around for civillians since the early 1820s.

It was certainly available in the time of the ACW but Armies tended not to use them because they were  so heavy to transport.
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« Reply #16 on: August 19, 2006, 07:41:59 PM »
thanx a lot for ur reply dan! i didnt think anyone would reply to this thread again lol... so i am all the more grateful!  ;D
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« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2006, 07:49:50 AM »
Here´s an even later reply! :D

 I seem to remember that some years after the ACW a British ship got trapped in the ice in the north of Canada.  The crew had to stay there all winter.  By spring they were all dead. They died of lead poisoning from the lead solder , which was used to seal the tin cans of food.
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Re: historic question...
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2006, 10:09:27 PM »
YUK ...  :(
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« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2006, 09:44:34 PM »
oh my... ok so now tin cans for my soldiers!  ;D
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