Swift Refrigerator Line
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Swift Refrigerator Line
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The Swift Refrigerator Line was a private refrigerator car line established around 1875 by Chicago meat packer Gustavus Swift, the founder of Swift and Company. The line pre-dated mechanical refrigeration and relied on ice.
Swift hoped to develop an alternative to transporting live cattle across the Midwest. He experimented by moving dressed (cut) meat using a string of ten boxcars which ran with their doors removed, and made a few test shipments to New York City during the winter months over th
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Refrigerator_Line
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2005-11-10T09:40:46Z
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2024-09-01T04:14:38Z
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