Brighton Abattoir

{{Short description|Former slaughterhouse in Brighton, Boston, United States}}

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The Brighton Abattoir was a slaughterhouse located in Brighton, Boston. It operated across Market Street from the Brighton Stock Yards, as cattle would be located into rail cars of the Boston and Albany Railroad and transported west from the yards.{{cite web|title=Brighton Allston Cattle Industry: Stockyards and Abattoir|url=http://www.bahistory.org/CattleIndustry.html|publisher=Brighton Allston Historical Society|accessdate=13 June 2013|year=2013}}

The abattoir was established in 1872 and closed in 1957. Its original buildings were designed by the Boston architect Abel C. Martin.Fifth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts, January, 1874 (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1874)