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The Chicago Union Stock Yards fire of 1934 was the second-most destructive fire in the city's history, after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, in terms of property damage and buildings lost. [1] The Union Stock Yards of Chicago , Illinois in the United States were, at the time, the commercial butchering and meatpacking center of the Midwest .
The Union Stock Yard Gate is located on Chicago's South Side, on a plaza in the center of Exchange Avenue at its junction with Peoria Street. This position marked the principal eastern entrance to the stock yards, which occupied several hundred acres to the west. It is a limestone construction with a central main arch flanked by two smaller arches.
Chicago Union Stock Yards fire may refer to: Chicago Union Stock Yards fire (1910) , 21 firefighters and 3 civilians killed Chicago Union Stock Yards fire (1934) , second-most destructive Chicago fire in terms of property loss
Jul. 7—The annual Junior Livestock Show at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center is the legacy of Spokane's livestock history. Started in 1936, the show honors the top farm animals raised by members ...
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947 The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. , or The Yards , was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was formed by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a vast centralized processing area.
The aftermath of the 1934 Chicago Union Stock Yards' fire. On 22 July 1934, John Dillinger was shot by the FBI in the alley next to the Biograph Theater. [19] On January 19, 1935, Coopers Inc. sold the world's first briefs. In 1935, Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago was awarded the very first Heisman Trophy. [20]
A rare $10,000 bill dating back to the Great Depression has sold for $480,000 at auction.
Temperatures at or above the century mark are a rarity in Chicago. Yet, 100 degrees was recorded on Thursday for the first time in more than a decade at O’Hare International Airport, the city ...