The Slaughter House Chicago at Seth Lafrance blog

The Slaughter House Chicago. They closed some 44 years ago, but chicago's union stockyards profoundly shaped the development of the city and the modern world. It is hard to imagine a slaughterhouse as a tourist attraction, but so novel and modern was chicago’s industrial approach to butchery that masses of families thronged the union stock yard to witness its “disassembly line” and its rivers of blood. The perfection of the refrigerated railroad car in the 1870s made it possible for chicago meat to travel throughout the continent. Chicago packers then began to wage fierce price wars against. How chicago's slaughterhouse spectacles paved the way for big meat. Opened in 1865, chicago's union stock yard was the greatest livestock market the world had seen. Dominic pacyga, a local historian and former stockyard worker, tells the story in his new book slaughterhouse.” The stockyards closed 40 years ago, in 1971. December 3, 20154:10 pm et. The slaughterhouses got their livestock from chicago's union stockyards: 475 acres of cattle, hogs and other animals shipped here from all over the country. One hundred years ago, more meat was processed in chicago than anywhere on the planet.

December 3, 20154:10 pm et. The slaughterhouses got their livestock from chicago's union stockyards: It is hard to imagine a slaughterhouse as a tourist attraction, but so novel and modern was chicago’s industrial approach to butchery that masses of families thronged the union stock yard to witness its “disassembly line” and its rivers of blood. The perfection of the refrigerated railroad car in the 1870s made it possible for chicago meat to travel throughout the continent. Chicago packers then began to wage fierce price wars against. 475 acres of cattle, hogs and other animals shipped here from all over the country. They closed some 44 years ago, but chicago's union stockyards profoundly shaped the development of the city and the modern world. How chicago's slaughterhouse spectacles paved the way for big meat. Dominic pacyga, a local historian and former stockyard worker, tells the story in his new book slaughterhouse.” The stockyards closed 40 years ago, in 1971.

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The Slaughter House Chicago 475 acres of cattle, hogs and other animals shipped here from all over the country. It is hard to imagine a slaughterhouse as a tourist attraction, but so novel and modern was chicago’s industrial approach to butchery that masses of families thronged the union stock yard to witness its “disassembly line” and its rivers of blood. The slaughterhouses got their livestock from chicago's union stockyards: Chicago packers then began to wage fierce price wars against. December 3, 20154:10 pm et. Opened in 1865, chicago's union stock yard was the greatest livestock market the world had seen. The stockyards closed 40 years ago, in 1971. The perfection of the refrigerated railroad car in the 1870s made it possible for chicago meat to travel throughout the continent. Dominic pacyga, a local historian and former stockyard worker, tells the story in his new book slaughterhouse.” They closed some 44 years ago, but chicago's union stockyards profoundly shaped the development of the city and the modern world. One hundred years ago, more meat was processed in chicago than anywhere on the planet. How chicago's slaughterhouse spectacles paved the way for big meat. 475 acres of cattle, hogs and other animals shipped here from all over the country.