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'''Spreckels' Sugar Factory beneath Potrero Hill, c. 1890s''' | '''Spreckels' Sugar Factory [[The Story of Dogpatch|beneath Potrero Hill]], c. 1890s''' | ||
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'''Western Sugar Refinery, n.d., near Union Iron Works, San Francisco.''' | '''Western Sugar Refinery, n.d., near [[Union Iron Works at Potrero Hill|Union Iron Works]], San Francisco.''' | ||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | ||
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''Map: Courtesy of [http://www.davidrumsey.com David Rumsey]'' | ''Map: Courtesy of [http://www.davidrumsey.com David Rumsey]'' | ||
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'''Remnants of the old power house that was part of the sugar refining complex, c. 2008.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Sugar workers (women) behind Spreckels Sugar Factor, 23rd Street 1919 wnp27.2836.jpg|800px]] | |||
'''Sugar workers behind Spreckels Sugar Factory on 23rd Street, 1919.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFhistory.org wnp27.2836'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:49, 14 June 2023
Unfinished History
Claus Spreckels and his descendants ran one of the most successful sugar refining businesses in San Francisco from about the 1880s well into the 20th century.
Spreckels' Sugar Factory beneath Potrero Hill, c. 1890s
Photo: Bancroft Library
Western Sugar Refinery, n.d., near Union Iron Works, San Francisco.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Old Spreckels Sugar Factory at end of 23rd Street early 1970s.
Photo: Robert Durden Color Slide Collection, San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
The 1905 Sanborn Insurance map shows the configuration of the Spreckels Sugar works and the other industrial facilities in the area.
Map: Courtesy of David Rumsey
Remnants of the old power house that was part of the sugar refining complex, c. 2008.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
_behind_Spreckels_Sugar_Factor,_23rd_Street_1919_wnp27.2836.jpg)
Sugar workers behind Spreckels Sugar Factory on 23rd Street, 1919.
Photo: OpenSFhistory.org wnp27.2836