Union Stock Yards
The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in present-day New City, Chicago. The yards were opened in 1865. Vanderbilt money sponsored the yards.[1] It was active for for 106 years.[2] The yards inspired Upton Sinclair to write his book The Jungle.[3]
The stockyards became the important point of the rise of some of the earliest international companies. The stockyards have become an impotant part of the popular culture of Chicago's history.
From the Civil War until the 1920s and peaking in 1924, more meat was processed in Chicago than in any other place in the world.[4] The Yards closed on July 30, 1971, after several decades of decline during the decentralization of the meatpacking industry.
It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 24, 1972,[5] and a National Historic Landmark on May 29, 1981.[6][7]
Union Stock Yards Media
The Union Stock Yards in Chicago in 1878
Rascher's birds eye view of the Chicago packing houses & union stock yards.
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General view of the Union Stock Yards, 1901.
Panorama of the beef industry in 1900 by a Chicago-based photographer
1905 International Live Stock Exposition catalogue
Front of postcard depicting the Union Stock Yard in Chicag
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References
- ↑ J'Nell L. Pate, Livestock Hotels: America's Historic Stockyards (Texas Christian University Press: Fort Worth, Texas, 2005) p. 79.
- ↑ Pacyga, Dominic (2005). "Union Stock Yard". Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
- ↑ Sandburg, Carl (1916). "1. Chicago". Bartleby.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- ↑ Wade, Louise Carroll (2004). Grossman, James R.; Ann Durkin Keating; Janice L. Ruff (eds.). Meatpacking. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-31015-9.
- ↑ "Chicago Landmarks". Chicago Landmarks. Archived from the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2007.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks Survey: Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Illinois" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
- ↑ "Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards". National Park Service. Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
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