# Philip Armour

Built Armour & Company into a large-scale meat processor and helped develop Chicago's Union Stock Yards. Adopted refrigerated rail transport to ship meat over long distances, employing thousands of industrial workers in Chicago.

- Region: 312
- Affiliation: Founder, Armour & Company
- Industry: Meatpacking & Industrial Development
- URL: https://xecon.dev/312/profiles/people/philip-armour
- Updated: 2026-05-27

## Sources

1. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Armour)
2. [Chicago History Museum](https://www.chicagohistory.org/)