Former Site of the Union Stock Yards (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / South Ashland Avenue
 interesting place, historical layer / disappeared object
Opened in 1865 and closed in 1971, the stockyards on this site once fed the nation (Hog Butcher To the World). Made infamous in Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Stockyards
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Coordinates:   41°48'57"N   87°39'19"W

Comments

  • And also the site of the Camp Douglass Confederate POW camp from 1861 to 1865.
  • I don't think so. Fort Douglas was East of here a couple of miles along the lakefront.
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