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Location: Ed Miniat Inc., 945 West 38th Street, Chicago, IL 60609
Hours: Note: This is a business place and not open for tours.
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Located just 2 blocks from the old Union Stockyards on Chicago's south side, Ed Miniat Inc. is a meat processing and animal fat rendering company. Founded during the turn of the century by Lithuanian immigrant Michael Miniat, the company was in Chicago and operating during the time of Upton Sinclair's writing of The Jungle.


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Forest Park Library, Chicago Union Stockyards





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