Fort Worth, downtown and other areas...lol

[riteflyt]

I went adventuring with Ronnie to downtown and this is what I came up with.....


the court house looking from the christmas tree


Said tree!!


I think this is some of the old slaughter house









C & C are always welcome.

[KeithnFW]

very cool! it's a wonder they have not used that old packing plant for a war movie set.

[riteflyt]

I dont know but it is a cool building.

[Roy]

Very well done Norm!

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

YEah I think that was the Armour plant there was another companys sluaghter house there also (memory fails me), Cattle/pigs entered at the top floor of the building and finished product was loaded onto trains at the docks along the tracks. (I had an Uncle who worked in one for a short time in the 40's before he had an industrial accident that almost killed him. He was working on a walkway over one of the hot dipping tanks and it gave way with him falling into the tank-almost killed him).

[riteflyt]

WOW, that is a scary deal, thank god for OSHA now a days!!

Do you know if there are any pics of these places back when they were operating, I bet it was quite a sight!

[KeithnFW]

I think the other building was the Swift packing plant . .

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

Yeah it was Swift.
I think the Spaghetti Warehouse on the hill has some pictures of the area from the early 1900s on, not sure if any of the production kill lines or not. Also there is a museum downtown in an old fire station that has all sorts of photos of Ft Worth History.

[riteflyt]

cool I will have to check that out! Thanks Paul

[bennet]

never seen those places before. What part downtown is that? Thanks

[riteflyt]

well the packing houses are down by the stockyards, I really could not tell you exactly, I was just following the directions of my navagator Ronnie...lol

[CalebSimpson]

Man it looks like the Swift plant would be fun to light paint. Anybody know what street it is on and if there is a legal way to get inside the fence?

[bee]

Great stuff. I really like the black and whites.

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by CalebSimpson

Man it looks like the Swift plant would be fun to light paint. Anybody know what street it is on and if there is a legal way to get inside the fence?

It's located right next to Billy Bob's and the Stockyards. . . just to the east at the end of Exchange. . .I am pretty sure it is fenced and it's not in the best of neighborhoods. . . I would advise to not go alone.

[riteflyt]

I would agree on the neighborhood thing, but Ronnie and I are fairly large people so we felt somewhat safe. Not to mention the tripod I have is very heavy...lol