Union Stock Yards
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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 acqui
The Union Stock Yards in 1947
The Union Stock Yards in 1878
1905 International Live Stock Exposition catalogue
Birdseye view, 1890
Meat-packing industry
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The meat-packing industry handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock. Poultry is generally not included. Thi
Union Stock Yards
…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…
The William Davies Company facilities in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, circa 1920. This facility was then the third largest hog-packing plant in North America.
Pork packing in Cincinnati, 1873
Postcard of pork dressing in Texas, undated
A saladero in Rosario, Argentina, 1860s