From collection Maplewood Poultry Collection
Two Chicken Barns
Color slide of two of four chicken barns and their adjacent feed silos.
At one time Belfast was home to companies that processed, at its zenith, 13.7 million broilers per year. Belfast claimed the title of “Broiler Capitol of the World.” (Broilers are chickens raised for meat). Chicken barns dotted the landscape throughout Waldo County. Maine ranked 10th nationally in broiler processing. The Belfast processers were all closed by 1988.
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LB2016.18.6
