Rocket City

Magazine Article, Source : The Manufacturer US

Huntsville, AL, has been a center of the aerospace industry in the South since the 1950s. Lately, its myriad manufacturing industries have been booming. David Rapp looks at how the former small town’s manufacturing economy has shot into the stratosphere

In 1950, there were roughly 15,000 people in the city of Huntsville in northern Alabama. In 1965, that figure had ballooned to 120,000. What happened in 15 years? Two races kicked into high gear: the arms race and the space race. And the city’s...

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