When Houses Had Built-In "Milk Doors"当房子有内置的“牛奶门”时

When Houses Had Built-In "Milk Doors"

当房子有内置的“牛奶门”时

Is it time to bring them back, to avoid package theft?

是时候把它们带回来了，以避免包裹被盗？

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Rain Noe

野江雨

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December 15, 2020

2020年12月15日

in

在

Architecture

架构

I was telling my wife about the design problems of

anti-package-theft porch lockers

, and she pointed out that houses used to have milk doors. In the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries--well before widespread commercial and residential refrigerators--milk was delivered to U.S. homes by milkmen in glass bottles. In that Puritanical era, God forbid you have a milk

man

interacting with a housewife who was home alone, so houses were built with integrated milk delivery doors.

我正和妻子讲

防包裹盗窃门廊储物柜

的设计问题，她指出，以前的房子都有牛奶门。在18、19和20世纪，在商用和家用冰箱普及之前，牛奶是由送奶人用玻璃瓶送到美国家庭的。在那个清教徒时代，上帝禁止你有一个牛奶

人

与一个独自在家的家庭主妇互动，所以房子都建有集成的牛奶送货门。

These were actually two doors, one each on the interior and exterior surfaces, with a cavity cut in the wall in between. These were latched, but not locked. Design requirements were that they be tall enough to admit bottles of milk, but not so big that a hobo could wriggle through them.

这实际上是两扇门，内外表面各有一扇，中间的墙上有一个洞。门是锁上的，但没有上锁。设计要求是，它们足够高，可以容纳牛奶瓶，但又不能大到流浪汉可以从里面钻过去。

This design featured movable needles allowing the dweller to indicate ordering specifics to the milkman.

这种设计的特点是可移动的针，允许居民指示订购的具体牛奶的人。

And as you'll notice in the debossed lettering on these designs...

你会注意到这些设计上的凹刻字母

…they were also used for package delivery. I wouldn't be surprised if these made a comeback in newer house construction, in some lockable form, for the express purpose of deterring package thieves.

它们也被用来运送包裹我不会感到惊讶，如果这些卷土重来，在新的房子建设，在一些可锁的形式，为明确的目的，阻止包小偷。