Industry reverses migration: new plant in Richmond Kentucky
A 1920s trend sees factories move from crowded cities to small towns. The Bluegrass town Richmond Kentucky hosts a new electric lamp plant aiming for 600 workers, with 261 hired, 75 percent of them girls and many farm youths. The community and company celebrate both growth and opportunity.
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