Local history: Building goes from meat packing to “meat market”
Dickson Moving & Storage operated this old warehouse in 1957 in what is now known as the Merriman Valley in Akron. It began as the Portage Packing Co. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
The defunct Portage Packing Co. stands abandoned in 1946 at modern-day Merriman Road and Portage Path in Akron. Its still there today, although few people would recognize it as a former slaughterhouse. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
