Excerpt from "History of Greene County, Ohio: its people, industries and ..., Volume 1 By Michael A. Broadstone, pg. 266.
In 1839 a slaughter house was erected at the junction of the two Sugar creeks south of Bellbrook. This was a rough, substantial, low one-story building built of hewed logs and was used for about three seasons or until a flood swept the entire establishment away into the Little Miami and the site was abandoned for slaughter house purposes. Alexander Hopkins was the manager of the establishment.
A second slaughter house was built on Alexander Hopkins' farm on North Main Street near the top of the hill so that access could be had to the large spring there. This structure of heavy frame was erected about 1843 and in it thousands of hogs were slaughtered.
The third or Western slaughter house which was erected about 1844 was a substantial frame building located on the Dayton Pike just west of town near a large spring. This plant could turn out daily from two hundred and twenty five to two hundred and fifty hogs. Alexander Hopkins also was superintendent of this slaughter house. WILLIAM LAW was "sticker" and Charles M. Rosell had charge of the scalding. The cleaners were Tom Duffy, George Snowden, John Sebring, John Belt, Pat Kirby and others. Some lard rendering was also carried on at the slaughter house and Henry Harmon had charge of this part of the work.
In 1839 a slaughter house was erected at the junction of the two Sugar creeks south of Bellbrook. This was a rough, substantial, low one-story building built of hewed logs and was used for about three seasons or until a flood swept the entire establishment away into the Little Miami and the site was abandoned for slaughter house purposes. Alexander Hopkins was the manager of the establishment.
A second slaughter house was built on Alexander Hopkins' farm on North Main Street near the top of the hill so that access could be had to the large spring there. This structure of heavy frame was erected about 1843 and in it thousands of hogs were slaughtered.
The third or Western slaughter house which was erected about 1844 was a substantial frame building located on the Dayton Pike just west of town near a large spring. This plant could turn out daily from two hundred and twenty five to two hundred and fifty hogs. Alexander Hopkins also was superintendent of this slaughter house. WILLIAM LAW was "sticker" and Charles M. Rosell had charge of the scalding. The cleaners were Tom Duffy, George Snowden, John Sebring, John Belt, Pat Kirby and others. Some lard rendering was also carried on at the slaughter house and Henry Harmon had charge of this part of the work.
Excerpt from "History of Greene County, Ohio: its people, industries and ..., Volume 1 By Michael A. Broadstone, pg. 266.
In 1839 a slaughter house was erected at the junction of the two Sugar creeks south of Bellbrook. This was a rough, substantial, low one-story building built of hewed logs and was used for about three seasons or until a flood swept the entire establishment away into the Little Miami and the site was abandoned for slaughter house purposes. Alexander Hopkins was the manager of the establishment.
A second slaughter house was built on Alexander Hopkins' farm on North Main Street near the top of the hill so that access could be had to the large spring there. This structure of heavy frame was erected about 1843 and in it thousands of hogs were slaughtered.
The third or Western slaughter house which was erected about 1844 was a substantial frame building located on the Dayton Pike just west of town near a large spring. This plant could turn out daily from two hundred and twenty five to two hundred and fifty hogs. Alexander Hopkins also was superintendent of this slaughter house. WILLIAM LAW was "sticker" and Charles M. Rosell had charge of the scalding. The cleaners were Tom Duffy, George Snowden, John Sebring, John Belt, Pat Kirby and others. Some lard rendering was also carried on at the slaughter house and Henry Harmon had charge of this part of the work.
In 1839 a slaughter house was erected at the junction of the two Sugar creeks south of Bellbrook. This was a rough, substantial, low one-story building built of hewed logs and was used for about three seasons or until a flood swept the entire establishment away into the Little Miami and the site was abandoned for slaughter house purposes. Alexander Hopkins was the manager of the establishment.
A second slaughter house was built on Alexander Hopkins' farm on North Main Street near the top of the hill so that access could be had to the large spring there. This structure of heavy frame was erected about 1843 and in it thousands of hogs were slaughtered.
The third or Western slaughter house which was erected about 1844 was a substantial frame building located on the Dayton Pike just west of town near a large spring. This plant could turn out daily from two hundred and twenty five to two hundred and fifty hogs. Alexander Hopkins also was superintendent of this slaughter house. WILLIAM LAW was "sticker" and Charles M. Rosell had charge of the scalding. The cleaners were Tom Duffy, George Snowden, John Sebring, John Belt, Pat Kirby and others. Some lard rendering was also carried on at the slaughter house and Henry Harmon had charge of this part of the work.
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