Armour Meat Packing Plant, East St Louis

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

In 1965 Construction Completes on The Gateway Arch in St Louis

   

   Construction began on the Gateway Arch on February 12, 1963. The keystone, which included a time capsule, was welded into place on October 28, 1965. The interior was not finished and opened to the public until July of 1967. The Arch is 630 feet tall, and 630 feet wide. There are very claustrophobic elevators inside that run up to a viewing area inside the top. There are sixteen windows per side, with the west side giving views of downtown St Louis, and the east views of the Mississippi River and the state of Illinois on the other side.

Eads Bridge, St Louis

Views from the Gateway Arch Pt 2

More views from the top of the Arch, after I switched to the zoom lens.





This last one was played with a bit, giving it that weird miniature look!

Views from the Gateway Arch

A few shots that I took from the top of the Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri on Monday March 21, 2011.