George Pullman
1831-1897
American industrialist and inventor of the Pullman railroad car. Pullman recognized the marketability of a comfortable, elegant sleeping car in the age of railroad expansion. ...
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George Mortimer Pullman (1831-1897) was an American industrial innovator who developed the railroad sleeping car and built a big business with it. He was one of the last industrialists to operate a co...
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Not much in George Pullman's early years suggests he would revolutionize train travel and make a fortune.Born near Buffalo, N.Y., in 1831, Pullman dropped out of school and worked at his uncle's ge...
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