Chicago Made: Factory Networks in the Industrial Metropolis

摘要

In 1929, Campbell Soup completed a new 800,000-square-foot plant in an industrial development on the outskirts of Chicago. Each day, the facility took in tons of tomatoes from nearby farms in Illinois and Indiana and shipped out 3.6 million cans of soup to retailers across the Midwest. The factory's most interesting trading partner, however, may have been just next door.