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WILL MARK BRANILEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why did the meatpacking business become a major industry in the nineteenth century?

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The meat packing industry grew with the construction of the railroads and methods of refrigeration for meat preservation. Railroads made possible the transport of stock to central points for processing, and the transport of products.
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