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The Auction Mart on New Market Street in Castle Douglas is an octagonal building, constructed around 1900 as a cattle market, and used for that purpose since its construction. It is owned by Wallets Marts, a firm that has operated a cattle market on the site since 1888. It was designated a Category A listed building in 1990.
The livestock market went into decline after the Second World War. [15] The last sale of horses took place on 13 May 1948. [20] The sale of cattle in the market ended on 21 May 1958, giving way to food, clothing and household goods. [14] The 1965 Romford central area redevelopment plan led to the demolition of buildings to the south of the ...
Workers and cattle in a slaughterhouse in 1942. In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (/ ˈ æ b ə t w ɑːr / ⓘ), is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a meat-packing facility.
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Diagram of Metropolitan Cattle Market, Islington The newly opened market in a contemporary etching Inside the Metropolitan Meat Market. The Metropolitan Cattle Market (later Caledonian Market), just off the Caledonian Road in the parish of Islington (now the London Borough of Islington) was built by the City of London Corporation and was opened in June 1855 by Prince Albert.
Two cattle processors would remain on the site and have since closed due to operational issues by federal regulators. Quality Meats closed in 2014 and ended pork processing within the city. [ 7 ] Pork processing is now found beyond the city, namely in Burlington (Fearmans), Woolwich (Conestoga) and Mitchell (Great Lakes Specialty - now turkey ...
Of all the cattle ever landed at Deptford market, the largest proportion came from the U.S.A. [85] The practice started in 1878 when American cattle and pigs were "scheduled" for port slaughter. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] By 1913, when Deptford closed, 3,144,400 American cattle had been landed there, besides sheep and pigs.
Karachi Cattle Market is located at a distance of 13 kilometers from Sohrab Goth Interchange. The size of the market is over 900 acres, where more than 700,000 livestock, including cows, goats and lambs are displayed for sale. [5] The sellers mainly arrive from rural regions of Sindh and Punjab, where livestock farming is a common profession.