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The Swift Packing Plant was a division of Swift and Company located at South 27th and Q Streets in South Omaha, Nebraska. The plant was opened in 1887 and closed in 1969. It covered approximately eight square blocks and consisted of several brick and stone buildings, and was located in proximity to the Omaha Stockyards. It was located on the South Omaha Terminal Railway, and next to the Omaha Stockyards, making Swift one of the "Big Four" packing companies in Omaha.
The Union Stock Yards Company and G. F. Swift of Chicago to bring Swift and Company into South Omaha. Swift was given eleven acres of land and approximately $135,000 to build a packing house. The Swift Packing Plant was fully operational by late 1888, with $300,000 in buildings for slaughtering cattle and hogs.
There were a number of large riots and civil unrest that originated or included events at the Swift Packing Plant.Nebraska Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. (1894) ''Biennial report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics of Nebraska.'' p 463.
History
The Union Stock Yards Company and G. F. Swift of Chicago to bring Swift and Company into South Omaha. Swift was given eleven acres of land and approximately $135,000 to build a packing house. The Swift Packing Plant was fully operational by late 1888, with $300,000 in buildings for slaughtering cattle and hogs.
There were a number of large riots and civil unrest that originated or included events at the Swift 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
*History of Omaha, Nebraska
The history of Omaha, Nebraska, began before the settlement of the city, with speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa staking land across the Missouri River illegally as early as the 1840s. When it was legal to claim land in Indian Coun ...
* Economy of Omaha, Nebraska
References
Former buildings and structures in Omaha, Nebraska Meatpacking industry in Omaha, Nebraska History of South Omaha, Nebraska 1887 establishments in Nebraska 1968 disestablishments in Nebraska JBS S.A. {{Nebraska-stub