What's Copaco? It was the Connecticut Packing Co, located in Bloomfield, CT. The primary livestock they received was probably hogs, although I wouldn't be surprised if they received cattle too. They were known for their sausages.
There's a shopping center named Copaco in the general vicinity of where the company was located, and when we moved to the area they used to have a petting zoo in the front parking lot (including a giraffe, I recall).
Why am I posting it? I've started working for the railroad.
The Central New England (CNZR) to be specific. Eversource is replacing 175 of the high voltage line poles with steel poles, and they need flaggers and don't have enough people. So when Dale asked if I was interested, I thought, why not?
So while I was there I decided to walk down and take a couple of pictures. Training this weekend, and from there I think the "work" will be standing there there to clear the crews from the tracks in the event a train comes through, along with ensuring they don't do anything they're not allowed to.
Used to go to Copaco with my grandfather, 50ish years ago where he would buy, what else, but meat
ReplyDeleteFor a company that was a big part of the community for about 80 years, I've been able to find very little information about it, and no pictures. I know they started off as a dairy farm.
ReplyDeleteWhen we were kids (I'm 68 now, so 60-ish years ago) we family went to Connecticut Packing to get a freezer full of beef. There would always be a few critters in a fenced-in area in front. Usually cows, sometimes sheep or goats. The population always changed, I wonder why. I remember my father wanted a fresh liver, after the guy tried to give him one that was in a big barrel with kidneys and other non-liver guts. After my dad asked for a fresh one, the guy said, "I'll be right back." went through a door and came back in a few minutes with a steaming liver, fresh out of Old Bessie, draped over his arm. That was fresh liver.
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