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gptkbp:instanceOf
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historic site
former livestock market
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gptkbp:address
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gptkb:South_Side,_Chicago
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gptkbp:architecture
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gptkb:Union_Stock_Yard_Gate
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gptkbp:closed
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1971
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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Chicago's economic growth
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:declinedAfter
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changes in transportation and meatpacking industry
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gptkbp:demolished
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1971
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gptkbp:employs
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over 40,000
immigrant labor
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gptkbp:featuredIn
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gptkb:The_Jungle
documentaries about Chicago
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gptkbp:gateBuilt
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1879
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gptkbp:gateDesignedBy
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gptkb:Burnham_&_Root
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gptkbp:gateNRHPReferenceNumber
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72000449
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gptkbp:historicalMarker
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gptkb:Union_Stock_Yard_Gate
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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site of labor activism
major employer in Chicago
site of animal welfare debates
site of public health reforms
symbol of industrialization
transformed American food industry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Union Stock Yards
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gptkbp:influenced
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meatpacking industry regulation
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gptkbp:listedOn
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gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Chicago
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:The_Yards
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gptkbp:notableCompany
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gptkb:Morris_&_Company
gptkb:Wilson_&_Company
gptkb:Armour_and_Company
gptkb:Cudahy_Packing_Company
gptkb:Swift_&_Company
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Great_Chicago_Fire_(1871)
Labor strikes
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gptkbp:notableFor
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inspiration for Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
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gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber
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72000449
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gptkbp:opened
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1865
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gptkbp:servesArea
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gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
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gptkbp:significance
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center of meatpacking industry
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gptkbp:siteToday
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gptkb:industry
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gptkbp:transportation
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railroad hub
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gptkbp:website
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gptkb:Stockyards_Industrial_Park
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Back_of_the_Yards,_Chicago
gptkb:International_Amphitheatre
gptkb:John_B._Sherman
gptkb:Bubbly_Creek
gptkb:South_Side,_Chicago
gptkb:Back_of_the_Yards
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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