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A fierce rival of Chicago's Union Stock Yards, the Omaha Union Stockyards were third in the United States for production by 1890. [2] In 1947 they were second to Chicago in the world. Omaha overtook Chicago as the nation's largest livestock market and meat packing industry center in 1955, a title which it held onto until 1971. [3]
Meat packing companies based in Omaha, Nebraska (5 P) Pages in category "Meatpacking industry in Omaha, Nebraska" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
By 1880, the company had become Chicago's most important business and had helped make Chicago and its Union Stock Yards the center of America's meatpacking industry. During the same period, its facility in Omaha, Nebraska , boomed, making the city's meatpacking industry the largest in the nation by 1959.
The Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha was a 90-year-old company first founded in South Omaha, Nebraska in 1878 by John A. Smiley. After being moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa and dissolved within a year, the company was reorganized and moved to South Omaha in 1883. [ 1 ]
There were several breweries established throughout the city during this period. In 1947 they were second only to Chicago in worldwide ratings. Omaha overtook Chicago as the U.S.'s largest livestock market and meat packing industry center in 1955, a title which it held until 1971. [10] The 116-year-old institution closed in 1999. [11]
South Omaha was annexed by Omaha on June 20, 1915. At that time it was 6.4 mi² and had 40,000 residents. [1] In 1947, there were 15,000 people working in meatpacking. [citation needed] Structural changes to the meatpacking industry in the 1960s, including decentralization of operations, cost the city 10,000 jobs. [citation needed]
In March 2011, central office code relief was implemented by adding area code 531 in an overlay to the same service area of 402. Although the first central office prefix in 531 was not assigned until February 2013, ten-digit dialing has been mandatory for all calls from the 402 territory since Spring 2011.
This is a list of telephone area codes in the state of Nebraska. 308: Western Nebraska, including Grand Island and Kearney. 402/531: Eastern Nebraska, including Omaha and Lincoln, overlaid in 2011 [1] Under the original North American Numbering Plan of 1947, area code 402 covered all of Nebraska. Area code 308 was split off in 1954, and ...