The milk churn is not, however, used for the act of churning, but rather to transport milk.
Railways were used as early as 1840 to rapidly transport fresh milk from farms to cities.
At some point around 1900, a dairy was established at Snarum, which frequently used the station to transport milk and butter.
Truck drivers who transport milk from a farm to a milk processing plant are also known as milkmen.
Imagine a machine made purely for the purpose of transporting milk!
Until 1926 the line transported milk in 17-gallon churns, but this was switched to road haulage during the General Strike of that year.
The tote has inner pockets that make it good for transporting wine as well as milk.
The station had extensive sidings and was one of the largest depots for transporting milk on the UK railway system.
A daily train also transported local milk to London.
Then he informed me that besides lumber, he transported milk to the cheese factory on the edge of the village three times a week.