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The Historian · Nora · Chicago

Union Stock Yards Gate

New City · Historic Landmark · Free

Behind this gate the world's meat was killed and packed. Sandburg's line and Sinclair's 'Jungle' both start here.

The lone limestone gate left of the vast Union Stock Yards that made Chicago 'Hog Butcher for the World.'

— Nora, The Historian
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