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S.E. Iowa | The union stockyards in Chicago in 1947 was located on 475 acres and employed 40,000 people within the various packing plants. 2000 of those inthe yard and trasit alone. at its largest it covered a solid square mile 50 miles of roads and a 120 miles of tracks. 82% of the meat in the United Staes was processed there. Been told stories of my wifes grandfatherin the 50s loading 3 train cars of cattle on special trains for chicago and then riding with other cattleman to the yards. Must of been quite an expierence for a Iowa farmer | |
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Old Kansas City Stockyards Questions
