Refrigerated cars, developed by ....., enabled the railroads to ship meat and other perishable goods over long distances.

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Refrigerated cars, developed by ____, enabled the railroads to ship meat and other perishable goods over long distances.

A	Andrew Carnegie
B	John Rockefeller
C	George Pullman
D	Gustavus Swift

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Gustavus Swift, in full Gustavus Franklin Swift, (born June 24, 1839, West Sandwich [now Sagamore], Massachusetts, U.S.-died March 29, 1903, Chicago, Illinois), founder of the meatpacking firm Swift & Company and promoter of the railway refrigerator car for shipping meat.

Detailed explanation-2: -A refrigerator car (or “reefer") is a refrigerated boxcar, a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1878, Gustavus Swift, founder of the Chicago meatpacking company called Swift & Company, commissioned the designing of a new kind of freight car to carry butchered meat. The boxcar used large blocks of ice which, when deposited through roof hatches, would chill meat products on the floor below.

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USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

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