The Refrigerator Car and the Growth of the American Dressed Beef Industry

1 January 1970

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Business History Review

Vol. 44 (4) , 460-482
https://doi.org/10.2307/3112669

Abstract

Mrs. Kujovich examines the impact of technological innovation upon the beef industry and the railroads. Utilization of the refrigerator car disrupted the old order in the relationship between the industry and the railroads, exploiting the competition between railroads to make possible the nationwide expansion of the western dressed beef industry.

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