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=== Industrial growth (1891β1950) === At the turn 20th Century, industry grew rapidly at the hands of companies such as the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]] (later [[RCA Victor]]), [[New York Shipbuilding Corporation]], and [[Campbell Soup Company]]. These were major employers in Camden, at times employing tens of thousands in and outside of Camden.<ref name=":18">O'Reilly, David. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131228102235/http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-27/news/45596219_1_rowan-university-camden-ali-houshmand "An RCA museum grows at Rowan"]}}, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', December 27, 2013. Accessed October 13, 2015. " Radio Corp. of America's "contributions to South Jersey were enormous," said Joseph Pane, deputy director of the RCA Heritage Program at Rowan, which he helped create.'At its peak in the 1960s, it (RCA) employed 12,000 people; 4,500 were engineers.'"</ref><ref name=":19">[http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/newyorkship.htm New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001062358/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/newyorkship.htm |date=October 1, 2015 }}, Shipbuilding History, March 17, 2014. Accessed October 13, 2015. "At its peak, New York Ship employed 30,000 people. It continued in both naval and merchant shipbuilding after WWII but closed in 1967."</ref><ref name=":20">[http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=BZ&Dato=20080130&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=709280802&Ref=PH "Made in S.J.: Campbell Soup Co."]. Portal to gallery of photographs (20) related to [[The Campbell Soup Company]]. ''[[Courier-Post]]''. Undated. Accessed December 25, 2009.</ref> Its location on the Delaware River made it ideal to launch ships. Camden also experienced dramatic shifts in its population demographic. Immigration from Eastern Europe made them the leading ethnic group by 1920, whereas it had previously been German, British, and Irish immigrants.<ref name=":22">[http://www.ci.camden.nj.us/history/ History], City of Camden. Accessed July 26, 2018.</ref> In 1926, a bridge connected New Jersey and Pennsylvania made its debut opening, which was named the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]] in 1956.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170402130137/http://www.whyy.org/tv12/secrets/bfb.html Ben Franklin Bridge]}}, [[WHYY-FM]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 2, 2017. Accessed July 26, 2018. "First official name name: Delaware River Bridge. Officially became the Ben Franklin Bridge at its dedication in 1956. Bridge was opened to traffic at midnight on July 1, 1926."</ref> The project cost $37 million, which New Jersey and Pennsylvania both paid equal parts of. The goal was to reduce ferry traffic between Philadelphia and Camden. [[Camden Central Airport]] opened in 1929 (closed in 1957). During the 1930s, Camden faced economic decline in the face of the [[Great Depression]]. It was due to Camden's thriving industry that they did not go bankrupt. The United States role in [[World War II]] made the New York Shipbuilding Company the largest and most productive ship yard in the world.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mathis |first=Mike |title=Cherry Hill: A Brief History. |publisher=The History Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-59629-596-4 |location=Charleston, South Carolina}}</ref> World War II caused African American migration in and around Camden from the south as there was a need for factory workers for the war effort. Subsequently, Camden became ethnically and religiously segregated.<ref name="AfterTheFall">{{Cite book |last=Gillette |first=Howard Jr. |title=Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8122-1968-5 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}</ref> On July 17, 1951, the [[Delaware River Port Authority]], a bi-state agency, was created to promote trade and better coordinate transportation between the two cities of Camden and Philadelphia.<ref>[http://www.drpa.org/about/history.html About], Delaware River Port Authority. Accessed September 12, 2019. "After Pennsylvania and New Jersey reach an agreement, President Harry S. Truman signs the bill creating the Delaware River Port Authority as the successor agency to the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission. The legislation gives the new agency the responsibility to promote international trade for Delaware River ports."</ref>
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