Image / Sugar beet factory, Hamilton, Cal., 4532

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Title: Sugar beet factory, Hamilton, Cal., 4532
Contributor: Sacramento History Online: 2002-2003
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1915]
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: 2003-0191
View from across beet field looking towards sugar beet factory. Shows buildings, smokestack and railroad cars.
James Hamilton organized two corporations with intent to establish sugar beet operation in California: Pacific Sugar Construction Company and Alta California Beet Sugar Company. Built factory on land purchased in Glenn County. Plant completed in 1906.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photographic print ; 6 x 7 7/8 in.
Identifier: (C)001384575CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-7846
Language: English
Subject: Alta California Beet Sugar Company--Photographs
Beets--California--Hamilton City
Sugar industry--California--Hamilton City
Mills--California--Hamilton City
Silos--California--Hamilton City
Glenn County (Calif.)--Photographs
Hamilton City (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
Hamilton City
Glenn County (Calif.)
Hamilton City (Calif.)

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