Foreign Cattle Market
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foreign-cattle-market-176-3999057
title:
Foreign Cattle Market
text:
The Foreign Cattle Market, Deptford (1872–1913) was one of the two great livestock markets of London; from it came about half the capital's supply of freshly killed meat. Situated at the former royal Deptford Dockyard on a bend of the River Thames and owned by the City of London, all animals came from overseas, were landed by cattle boat, kept under quarantine conditions, and had to be slaughtered within 10 days of disembarkation. None could leave the market alive: the purpose was to stop the im
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description:
Livestock market in Deptford, London, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Cattle_Market
date created:
2022-10-13T13:01:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T00:18:09Z
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