Title supplied by cataloger. Central Manufacturing District is an industrial tract of approximately 2800 acres, partly located within the cities of Commerce, Bell, and Vernon. In 1923, the tract comprised 300 acres of the old Rancho San Antonio, one of the original Spanish land grants. Railroad lines and utilities were laid and the Terminal Building became the first structure erected at 4814 Loma Vista Avenue, and serves as its landmark. In 1928 the assets were purchased by the Santa Fe for further development. The district added new areas in 1930, 1932, 1947 and 1948 - to provide for new and expanding industries and services. Thus it has grown from its original 300 acres to more than 2800 acres. More than 60 food companies are located in the CDM, which also houses automobiles, furniture, household items, machinery, paints, paper, plastics, steel, trucks, wood, cosmetics and also the benefits provided by service and processing companies of all types. CMD, which has been called the largest development of its kind in the world, is located eastward from Soto Street to Garfield Avenue; the southern edge is bordered partly by Fruitland Avenue and Randolph Street; on the northern edge are Washington Boulevard and the Santa Ana Freeway route, partially extending north beyond the freeway line. Aerial view of the Central Manufacturing District, located within the cities of Commerce, Bell, and Vernon; view is looking east. Some identifiable areas include: Ferguson Drive and Union Pacific Railroad running vertically along the left (separating the industrial area from the city); Washington Boulevard from top right curving down to bottom right; Rio Hondo horizontally along the top; Greenwood Avenue horizontally at upper middle; Garfield Avenue, winding from middle right to lower left; and the Santa Ana (5) Freeway is diagonally on lower right, paralleled by Telegraph Road. On the left is the city of East Los Angeles, and looking toward the top, beyond the Rio Hondo, is the city of Pico Rivera. Numerous warehouses and buildings are scattered throughout. Photograph dated November 26, 1955.
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