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Swift Packing Company building (Sioux City, Iowa)

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Processing moved downward in the plant. Cattle and hogs were killed on the fifth floor and stored in coolers on the fifth and sixth floors. Hog carcasses were brought down to the fourth floor for cutting, then subjected to more specialized processes on lower floors. Cattle carcasses were processed
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The plant's footprint measured about 330 by 240 feet (100 by 75 m). The building was about 90 feet (25 m) high. The main portion consisted of six stories above a basement; five-story sections lay to the south and the northeast. The exterior walls consisted of concrete, insulated with cork
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The Midland Packing Company in Sioux City was incorporated in 1918. A building in the Sioux City stockyards, designed by Chicago architectural firm Gardner and Lindberg, was constructed in 1918–19, at an estimated cost of $ 3 million. Packing operations begin in January 1920, and ceased in May 1920
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From 1917 to 1925, the convergence of several economic factors gave rise to a speculative bubble in meat-packing plants in the United States. Meat prices had risen significantly following the nation's entry into World War I, and it was believed that this increase had been produced by collusion among
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in 1980 and the general decline of the stockyards area. However, in 2004, a fire that began in an outdoor electrical transformer caused extensive damage to the building; at about the same time, a major leak developed in the roof. The owners declared themselves unable to maintain the building, and
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declined, driving investors to seek better returns; meat production appeared to offer this. The combination of these factors led to a number of speculative and downright fraudulent ventures, in which independent packing operations were established, shares were sold to unwary investors, and much of
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In 1938–39, a strike closed the plant for 119 days. A second strike in 1948 left the plant idle for 67 days. In 1949, an underground gas leak led to an explosion that killed 21 people, injured 91, and produced property damage of $ 1 million. The plant was remodeled and rebuilt between 1950 and
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In 1975, Sioux City businessman Kermit Lohry bought the building from Swift. He proceeded to convert it into an enclosed shopping mall, using much of the old equipment to decorate the area. The complex opened in 1976 under the name KD Stockyards Station. By the late 1970s, it housed over 60
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In 2007, the city took ownership of the building. In 2010, it was demolished at a cost of over $ 3 million. The city put the vacated 5.5-acre (2.2 ha) parcel up for sale, marketing it for commercial use or light manufacturing. As of 2014, the site remained vacant.
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In 1921, Wilson & Co., a major Chicago meatpacker, took an option on the plant, but did not exercise it. In 1924, the facility was sold at auction for $ 623,000 to Swift & Co., then the largest meatpacker in the world. Swift re-opened the plant in March 1924.
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Swift closed the facility in 1974, citing a design that did not meet current standards for packing plants. They moved their operations to a location south of the city, leaving much of the plant's equipment in place.
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the city declared it unsafe and unfit for occupancy, forcing the nearly 20 businesses to relocate. In 2006, teenaged arsonists used gasoline to start a fire on the fourth floor, further damaging the building.
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Fire and water damage in 2004 forced its closing, and the building was demolished in 2010. It was delisted from the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
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the major packers, who thus benefited from artificially high profits from the sale of meat products. In 1919, moreover, the market for
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in 1924, and continued to operate until 1974. It was then purchased by a Sioux City businessman and converted to an enclosed mall, the
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and faced with brick; to provide insulation and keep meat cool, portions of these walls were up to 30 inches (75 cm) thick.
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never progressed beyond the acquisition of a second-hand hog-scraping machine. The Farmers' Mutual Packing Company operation in
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Four such operations were established in Iowa, and developed to various degrees. The Associated Packing Company plant in
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went so far as to acquire a used building and paint its name on the door. The Corn Belt Packing Company plant in
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on the first floor. Both pork and beef were shipped out via a loading dock at the east end of the building.
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2010-06-26. Retrieved 2015-09-29. In this article, Kermit Lohry's name is incorrectly spelled "Lowry".
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the money was transferred to company officers and politicians, after which the operation went bankrupt.
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KD Station weathered a certain amount of adversity, including the opening of the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Woodbury County, Iowa
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flooded, extensively damaging the plant, along with the nearby
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National Register of Historic Places in Sioux City, Iowa
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Lewis System Armored Car and Detective Service Building
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facilities, the railroad yards, and the stock pens.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Fuzzy photo of five- or six-story brick building with a single tall smokestack
Western edge of Iowa, north of center
Sioux City, Iowa
42°29′18″N 96°23′01″W / 42.488305°N 96.383646°W / 42.488305; -96.383646
79000952
Sioux City
Iowa
Midwestern United States
Swift & Co.
National Register of Historic Places
Liberty Bonds
Des Moines
Muscatine
Dubuque
Floyd River
Cudahy
Armour
Upper portion of brick building with smoke pouring from windows
National Register of Historic Places
Southern Hills Mall
Empty lot with for-sale sign
"Weekly List"
National Park Service





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