General Logan Statue |
General John Logan |
Compiled by Neil Gale, Ph.D.
General Logan Statue |
General John Logan |
The Stock Yard Entrance Gate |
In 1906, Upton Sinclair published "The Jungle" (PDF), which uncovered the horrid conditions in the stockyards around the beginning of the 20th century.
Original Plan of the Stockyards. |
Union Stock Yards Illustration, by Louis Kurz. September 1866 |
The Union Stock Yards in Chicago, 1878. |
Leading the World – Pork and Beef Packing in Chicago, Showing the Great Process of Curing the Great Staple for the Markets of the World. ① Coopering Department, ② Bird's Eye View of the Great Packing Houses of Messrs. Armour & Co. located at the Union Stockyards, ③ The Lard Tanks, ④ Cooling Room for Hams, ⑤ Hanging Room for Beeves, ⑥ Interior of Ham House, ⑦ General View of Cellar and Bulking Rooms, ⑧ Hog Cutting, ⑨ Hanging Room for Hogs, ⑩ Beef Cutting By Steam Power, ⑪ Exterior View of Smoke Houses. 1873 |
A typical Packingtown residential street is under construction. |
An aerial photograph shows fire moving eastward across the northern portion of Union Stockyards. The view is northeastward, with the World's Fairgrounds and the lake in the upper left corner. |