Monday, April 18, 2016

Armour Meat Packing Plant, East St Louis

Armour Packing Plant-gone
Armour Packing Plant-gone
Armour Packing Plant-gone
Armour Packing Plant-gone
Armour Packing Plant-gone
The Armour Meat Packing Plant was built in 1903 when the company wanted to expand outside of Chicago. There was already a large railroad yard nearby, so a massive complex of stockyards and packing plants grew up in this area north of East St Louis, Illinois. For a number of reasons, the plant shut down in 1959 and sat abandoned for over 60 years.
On April 16, 2016, the plant was imploded. Interstate 70 had been rerouted nearby a few years earlier.
Gone but not forgotten. These photos were taken in March 2011.
--->Link to video of implosion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_-XtxB28tI

1 comment:

Pat, Marcus & Alexis said...

Nice photos.

This reminds me a bit of the Armour plant in Junction City, Kansas, although its been quite a few years since I've seen it.