ARRT'S    ARRCHIVES

THE   BROOKLYN   &   JAMAICA   RAIL   ROAD THE   LONG     ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD and    ATLANTIC   AVENUE

MEAT   HOUSES

THE BUILDINGS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF FORT GREENE PLACE ARE MEAT HOUSES.
SWIFT & COMPANY OCCUPIED THE TURRETED BRICK STRUCTURE.


WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE BELOW GRADE TERMINAL
ELEVATORS WERE INSTALLED FOR THESE CUSTOMERS.


REFRIGERATOR CARS WERE UNLOADED ON THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF ATLANTIC AVENUE AND THE MEAT MOVED BY AN ENCLOSED
OVERHEAD CONVEYOR TRACK ABOVE THE STREET TO ARMOUR'S BUILDING.


FORT   GREENE   PLACE   and   ATLANTIC   AVENUE   in   1962


AFTER COMPLETION OF THE BELOW GROUND STATION SWIFT & COMPANY'S 1892 BUILDING AND
MANY OF THE OTHER MEAT HOUSES HAD ELEVATORS TO THE NEW TERMINAL'S MEATHOUSE TRACK.


FORT   GREENE   PLACE   and   ATLANTIC   AVENUE   in   MAY,   1978


MEATHOUSE   ELEVATOR   ENCLOSURES.


MEATHOUSE   TRACK,   OVERHEAD   CONVEYOR   TRACK   AND   ELEVATORS.




Continued   on   ---->   VANDERBILT   AVENUE   YARD

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