The Variety of Manufacturing Plants in Illinois

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Items are manufactured everywhere. There are multiple companies that manufacture items everywhere. Almost everything is manufactured from a company unless it is homemade or it is naturally like in the state it is. Canning is a big part in manufacturing because almost any food can be canned. Things like corn,carrots,peas,green beans, and beans are canned. The processes of manufacturing items are very interesting. Beard Ice Company Before ice could be preserved in refrigerators, keeping ice cold was a major problem. Back in this time there wasn't good enough technology to refrigerate good enough. Before the invention of refrigerators the only way to cool objects was an insulated box filled with ice. During the time the insulated box was around it only worked for a short time.Although the insulated box also required lots of ice it cooled things very good. Ice was hard to be obtained in summer so it made it even harder to cool things(Burton 52). Before the 1830s it was not possible to manufacture ice.Before the 1830s ice had to be gathered in the winter. The ice that was gathered was stored until summer and then sold for profit. William Cotton saw an opportunity to organize a company and he did.(Burton 52) John Custer became William Cotton’s partner in 1840 in the ice business. To produce ice they made a dam for ice production in the winter. The dam had problems and collapsed which was a big problem(Burton 52). Custer abandoned Mr. Cotton in 1875. Custer left cotton all on his own. John Beard helped Custer build a dam and got partnership of the company as a reward. In 1905 Beard was basically running the whole company. Then in 1905 the companies name was changed to Beard Ice company( Burton 52). Beard now had a slogan. The slog... ... middle of paper ... ...is fascinating because of the wide variety of manufacturing. The different things that are manufactured could be found right by your house because of the numerous amount of corn fields. You could probably even see the things that are being manufactured brought to their manufacturing companies and see them be canned and shipped off to another state. Works Cited Burton, Grant A. "Page 52." Illinois History: Manufacturing and Retailing in Illinois. Illinois State Historical Library, 1978. Print. Meiss, Cindy. Illinois History: Manufacturing and Retailing in Illinois. Illinois State Historical Library, 1982. Print. Http://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_US/corporate/our_company/about_us/history/timeline/timeline.page. 2014. Web. 20 May 2014. Clemmons, Harlen. Illinois History: Manufacturing and Retailing in Illinois. Illinois State Historical Library, 1978. Print.

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