Chicago meatpacking district
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The Chicago meatpacking district was a historic industrial area on the city’s South Side that became the center of the U.S. meatpacking industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chicago stockyards | 1 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic industrial district
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industrial neighborhood ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Union Stock Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| declinePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| developedAs | rail-linked industrial zone ⓘ |
| economicRole |
major hub for slaughtering and processing livestock
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national distribution center for meat products ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact | industrial pollution ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Gilded Age
NERFINISHED
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Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | meatpacking ⓘ |
| knownFor |
centralization of meatpacking firms
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large-scale industrial meat processing ⓘ |
| laborIssues |
harsh working conditions
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immigrant labor force ⓘ |
| laborType | industrial wage labor ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | South Side of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| significance | center of the U.S. meatpacking industry ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure |
railroads
ⓘ
stockyards ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Chicago stockyards