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George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)
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American engineer and businessman (1831–1897)
George Mortimer Pullman was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town in Chicago for the workers who manufactured it. This ultimately led to the Pullman Strike due to the high rent prices charged for…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pullman Company
American railroad-car manufacturer
The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. Through rapid late-19th century development of mass production and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)