Gustavus+Swift


 * __Gustavus Swift__**

Gustavus Swift invented the refrigerated railroad car in the 1880s. The railroad car was important because before the 1880s, you could not ship meat to places because it would spoil fast but the refrigerated railroad car keeps meat fresh so it can be shipped to other places. Swift set up a meat packing industry in Chicago, where animals were slaughtered and carved into slabs of beef.