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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 ...
The Chicago Surface Lines was primarily a trolley operation, with approximately 3100 streetcars on the roster at the time of the CTA takeover. [16] It purchased small lots of motor buses, [17] totaling 693 at the time of the CTA takeover, mostly consisting of smaller buses used on extension routes or to replace two-man streetcars on routes such as Hegewisch and 111th Street, because conductors ...
The LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse at 500 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois (northwest corner of LaSalle and Illinois Streets) is a rare surviving artifact of Chicago's cable car system, which at its peak in the 1890s was one of the largest in the country, in terms of riders and equipment. Three separate companies operated thousands ...
Alamy It is fitting that Chicago, Illinois, is known as the "windy city," because visiting this engaging Midwestern city is a breeze with tots in tow. There are enough things to do in Chicago to ...
1926. Wacker Driveis a major multilevel streetin Chicago, Illinois, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago Riverin the Loop.[2] The vast majority of the street is double-decked; the upper level is intended for local traffic, and the lower level for through-traffic and trucks serving ...
Michele Pettiford and her 12-year-old daughter were returning to their Chicago home from volleyball practice last week when two men ran up to them and demanded the keys to the family’s car.
Stock car (rail) In railroad terminology, a stock car or cattle car is a type of rolling stock used for carrying livestock (not carcasses) to market. A traditional stock car resembles a boxcar with louvered instead of solid car sides (and sometimes ends) for the purpose of providing ventilation; stock cars can be single-level for large animals ...
August 8, 2024 at 10:02 PM. CHICAGO - There's nothing more quintessentially Chicago than an Italian beef sandwich. Ask any local where to find the best one, and you're sure to get a variety of ...