Chicago Union Stock Yards

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chicago_Union_Stock_Yards

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	historic site former livestock market
gptkbp:address	gptkb:Exchange_Avenue,_Chicago
gptkbp:annualProduction	over 9 million animals per year (at peak)
gptkbp:bridgeType	gptkb:Union_Stock_Yard_Gate
gptkbp:closed	1971
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:declinedAfter	changes in transportation decentralization of meatpacking
gptkbp:demolished	1971
gptkbp:employs	thousands of workers
gptkbp:featuredIn	gptkb:Upton_Sinclair's_The_Jungle
gptkbp:historicalMarker	gptkb:Union_Stock_Yard_Gate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Chicago Union Stock Yards
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Meat_Inspection_Act gptkb:Pure_Food_and_Drug_Act
gptkbp:inspiredBy	gptkb:The_Jungle
gptkbp:laborStrike	1904 Teamsters strike 1921 strike
gptkbp:legacy	industrialization of food production meatpacking innovation urban labor movement
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:neighborhood	gptkb:New_City,_Chicago
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Yards
gptkbp:notableCompany	gptkb:Morris_&_Company gptkb:Wilson_&_Company gptkb:Armour_and_Company gptkb:Cudahy_Packing_Company gptkb:Swift_&_Company
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Great_Chicago_Fire_(1871) public health reforms labor unrest
gptkbp:notableFor	labor history meatpacking industry
gptkbp:opened	1865
gptkbp:peakLivestockProcessed	over 18 million animals per year
gptkbp:peakProductionYear	1924
gptkbp:servedRailroads	multiple railroads
gptkbp:servesArea	gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkbp:significance	site of labor strikes major economic driver for Chicago transformed meatpacking industry
gptkbp:size	475 acres
gptkbp:transportation	railroads trucks
gptkbp:Union_Stock_Yard_Gate	National Historic Landmark
gptkbp:website	gptkb:Stockyards_Industrial_Park
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Union_Stock_Yard_and_Transit_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7