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This photo is taken on the Marine Creek Bridge in the Fort Worth Stockyards. It doesn’t look like a bridge because buildings were built on the bridge on both sides of the street. One of these buildings is visible on the extreme left side of the photo. The building on the right is not visible in this photograph. Marking the West side of the Bridge is a sign built across the street welcoming visitors to the Stockyards. Both he sign and the Bridge were constructed in 1910, The sign features two round concrete columns with ball finials that support the "Fort Worth Stock Yards” metal sign. Exchange Avenue, which is paved in bricks, crosses the bridge.
Beyond the sign on the right side of the photo is the Stockyards Hotel. In 1904, Colonel Thomas M. Thannisch, built a wood frame two story hotel on this site called the Stock Yards Club. In 1906-07, he hired contractor C.E. Brown to build a three story brick addition to the hotel on the east side. The architect for the addition is not known. Six years later, Thannisch hired architects E. Stanley Field and Wiley G. Clarkson to design another addition to the hotel that was built on the site of the original building. The three story addition matched the brick building in appearance. Once completed, the brick hotel structure contained 86 rooms and several ground floor retail spaces. Over the years, the hotel has operated under several names, and up until 1949, was called the Stock Yards Hotel. The building features interesting brick patterns with a stepped parapet and cast stone trim. The name of the building in the cornice is inscribed with "Thannisch Bldg." In 1984, the hotel was restored and renamed back to the Stock Yards Hotel. It now has 52 rooms and suites and has a very good restaurant on the ground floor.
On the left side of the photo are store fronts that date from 1910 to 1934. The storefronts have held many types of businesses including restaurants and saloons.
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Deep in the Flinders Ranges we came across a woolshed,stockyard and shearers quarters,north of Belton.
Just before sunrise from the ranges. There are cattle stock yards in the foreground and the great river Murray is about 35km straight ahead. A couple of lights visible in the distance to the right.
Not my normal thing. This is basically a postcard shot you would see in a tourist shop. Was roaming around the stockyards in the morning just to try something different. The stockyards are favorite entertainment spot for tourists and locals. Plenty of restaurants and shops, museums and a rodeo. Nice place to take the family. This won't be a change in direction, but I liked this pony. It's a got a pretty cushy life overall. Free food, shelter and healthcare. Image is a focus stack with a tone adjustment applied. Fort Worth, Texas, USA, May 2016
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Denver Rock Island Railroad (DRIR) SW8 #553 shoves three loaded hoppers back into McDonald Farms Enterprises in the Stockyard district of Denver, crossing the BNSF connector between 31st Street and Rennick yards.
There doesn't seem to be much information about 553 or its history on the internets. The usual sources for rosters don't have it listed for the DRIR. Anyone have details?
This was a nice find on a foggy day in Denver. I was able to stow the kids away at a family member's house while the wife and I explored. I should clarify: the wife was glued to her iPhone while I explored some of the finest neighborhoods north of downtown.
The fence really is that wonky .... Its not my stitching
I found this one in a new area I was exploring earlier this year
I`ll wait for the cooler mornings before heading back and hopefully get some fog
I like the roof over the working area it contrasts the whole scene
This was a six shot stitch
I love the results from stitching but it is very time consuming
New isis Theater. As a kid I actually saw movies here. I think the last one I saw was "Munsters Go Home".
After and afternoon of photographing Monument Valley, I was driving to the next town and saw this on the side of the road. I had to pull over and shoot it. There was some amazing light shining on the peak and an old stockyard in the foreground. Seconds after taking this photo, the light faded as the sun sunk below the horizon and the show was over.
When taking the shot I was unaware of the couple inside looking out. Seems they thought I was photographing them.
Another trio of color images of the CTA Stockyards Branch from the camera of William Hoffman circa 1957. I believe this view looks west from the Halsted platform. Everything in this scene is gone today, although one original multi-story building from the former Swift complex survived until 2022. Also the bank building which is the subject of the billboard at left still exists on Halsted.
This was a duplicate slide from one of the many slide sets sold by the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society www.shore-line.org/ back in the 80s / 90s. And if you are interested in the history of rail transit / passenger rail in Chicago and have not seen their quarterly publication First and Fastest, you're missing out!