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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 operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad capital behind the ...
February 24, 1972. The Union Stock Yard Gate, located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, was the entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The gate was designed by Burnham and Root around 1875, and is the only significant structural element of the stock yards to survive. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981. [2]
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 financial cost of the fire, which began Saturday, May 19, 1934, [2] was estimated at US$8 million (about $182 million today). [3] Six square blocks were destroyed. [4]
Image credits: Old-time Photos. #12 Teenage Sisters Gertrude And Ursula Falke. Germany, 1906. Image credits: Old-time Photos. "That's why funny, unexpected and random events in old photos always ...
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 ...
International Amphitheatre. The International Amphitheatre was an indoor arena located in Chicago, Illinois, that opened in 1934 and was demolished in 1999. It was located on the west side of Halsted Street, at 42nd Street, on the city's south side, in the Canaryville neighborhood, adjacent to the Union Stock Yards.
The Chicago Union Stock Yards fire occurred from December 22 to December 23, 1910 in Chicago, resulting in the deaths of twenty-one Chicago Fire Department firemen. [1]Until the September 11 attacks, the fire was the deadliest building collapse in American history, [1] although the Texas City Disaster of 1947 killed more firefighters overall.
armour-star.com. Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1863, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company had become Chicago's most important business and had helped make Chicago and its Union Stock Yards the center ...