Hygrade Meat Plant
- Title:
- Hygrade Meat Plant
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Chicago River and Indiana Railroad: Chicago Industries and Union Stock Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Anderson, Donald H.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 41.818547,-87.648367
- Latitude:
- 41.818547
- Longitude:
- -87.648367
- Site:
- Union Stock Yards
- Location:
- Chicago, IL
Union Stock Yards - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f165
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CRI
- Exhibit Number:
- K-12
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f165.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Hygrade Packing Plant
Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Company
Industries (organizations)
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Employees
Locomotive firemen
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight
Railroad switches - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows a switch being made at the inside track of the Hygrade Plant. Observe how the brakeman is working on the left side of the engine and will have to give the signal to the fireman. Note also the automobile parked between the two tracks. Over on the right are two automobiles are sandwiched between the boxer and the tank-car in the rear. Notice also in the rear of the picture the automobile which is crossing the tracks just behind the car which is being coupled.
- Cite As:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs #5003 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
- Box:
- 56
- Folder:
- 165
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.