The Hammond Packing Plant was a division of the G.H. Hammond Company, Limited located at South 36th and O Streets in South Omaha, Nebraska. [1]
History
The plant was opened in the 1880s and was then closed in 1901, when it was bought by the Armour Company for $5,000,000. In 1905 the National Packing Company bought the plant to reopen it. National was later busted by the federal government in the "Beef Trust" conspiracy. [2] There were a number of riots and civil unrest that originated or included events at the Cudahy Packing Plant. [3]
See also
References
- ^ (1898) Chicago Securities. Volume 8. Chicago Directory Company. p 197.
- ^ (1904) "Packing house notes", Ice and Refrigeration. Nickerson & Collins Co. p 245.
- ^ Nebraska Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. (1894) Biennial report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics of Nebraska. p 463.
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The Hammond Packing Plant was a division of the G.H. Hammond Company, Limited located at South 36th and O Streets in South Omaha, Nebraska. [1]
History
The plant was opened in the 1880s and was then closed in 1901, when it was bought by the Armour Company for $5,000,000. In 1905 the National Packing Company bought the plant to reopen it. National was later busted by the federal government in the "Beef Trust" conspiracy. [2] There were a number of riots and civil unrest that originated or included events at the Cudahy Packing Plant. [3]
See also
References
- ^ (1898) Chicago Securities. Volume 8. Chicago Directory Company. p 197.
- ^ (1904) "Packing house notes", Ice and Refrigeration. Nickerson & Collins Co. p 245.
- ^ Nebraska Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. (1894) Biennial report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics of Nebraska. p 463.