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The Sylmar Packing Corporation, which was located at 448 South Hill Street in Sylmar, handled the product of the largest olive grove in the world and was once the largest industry in Sylmar. It was demolished in 1958 and there is no Hill Street in Sylmar today, but there is a Hill Crest Avenue and a Hillside Drive, both north of a street still called Olive View Drive. Photograph caption dated March 8, 1958 reads, "Two 90-foot steel stacks that protrude from roof of boiler plant at Sylmar Packing plant are shown seconds before their removal by huge crane. Removal of stacks virtually is end of olive industry that was launched in the Valley during the days of the Spanish Dons.” Photograph article partially reads, "Two 90-foot steel stacks that belched smoke from hot boilers used in processing olive oil and other products, were taken down by a huge crane. Burning torches cut the earth-bound stacks free from strong, steel cables and the cranes did the rest, uprooting the stacks from bolts that tied them to the concrete bases thrust into the ground."
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1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Sylmar Packing Corporation (Los Angeles, Calif.) Olive industry and trade Cranes, derricks, etc Demolition Construction and demolition debris Construction equipment Construction workers Lost architecture Men Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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