Gustavus Franklin Swift/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Gustavus Franklin Swift.

An American entrepreneur, developer of the first practical ice-cooled railroad car and founder of a meat-packing empire in the Midwest during the late 19th Century, over which he presided until his death.