Winnebago Industries
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Transcript
[Abby Brown] Have you ever seen one of these rolling down the highway or parked at a campground? You might call it a motorhome or an RV, like a recreational vehicle. And some of them are made right here in Iowa.
(Map marking Winnebago County in the north-central Iowa.)
Sharing its name with the county, Winnebago Industries is in Forest City, Iowa. It's the oldest manufacturer of RVs in the world. Let's go check out the inside of an RV. Everything inside this RV has been designed to solve a problem and serve a purpose, like storage and areas to sleep and cook and even shower.
I'm heading inside the biggest factory I've ever seen to get a peek at what it looks like to assemble an RV. Inside the factory, RVs are being assembled piece by piece as they go down the line. People want to camp, but they still want the comforts of home. And some even want a change of scenery. That's why we have an RV.
Every county in Iowa has an assembly line of stories to tell. Thanks for coming along on this adventure to Winnebago County.
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