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Union Stock Yard

S. H. K. and Company1900/1900

Chicago History Museum

Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Illinois, United States

From 1865 to 1971, Chicago's Union Stock Yard, fed by railroads bringing livestock from around the country, made the city a meatpacking center. Meatpacking plants in this area processed more than one billion animals for human consumption.

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