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.
History
The plant was opened in the 1880s and was then closed in 1901, when it was bought by the
Armour
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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. There were a number of
riots and civil unrest that originated or included events at the Cudahy Packing Plant.
[Nebraska Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. (1894) ''Biennial report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics of Nebraska.'' p 463.]
See also
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History of Omaha, Nebraska
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Economy of Omaha, Nebraska
References
External links
"Historic photo of Hammond Packing Plant"
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Former buildings and structures in Omaha, Nebraska
Meatpacking industry in Omaha, Nebraska
History of South Omaha, Nebraska
1901 disestablishments in Nebraska
1880s establishments in Nebraska