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Item Title
Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage & Processing Buildings, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA
LocationPacific Avenue,
San+Pedro, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-21
Building/structure dates:
1916 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1943 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1950 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1952 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1958 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1960 subsequent work
Significance: The Trona Plant (Building 425) at Fort MacArthur is one of the largest remaining wood timber buildings in southern California. As such, it represents an impressive example of an early west coast industrial building.
Subjects
War (World War I)Wooden BuildingsRailroad Companies
Related Names
American Trona Corporation
Headquarters Space Divison Department Of The Air F
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
US Army
DeRopp, Alfred
Beland Associates, Photographer
Bricker, Lauren, Historian
Bricker, David, Historian
Gebhard, David, Historian
Rand, Marvin, Photographer
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. SOUTH AND EAST FACADES
2. WEST FACADE WITH LOADING DOCK
3. WEST FACADE WITH LOADING DOCK AND TWO LOADING DRAWBRIDGES
4. RAILROAD LOADING AREA; WEST SIDE OF BUILDING, LOOKING NORTH
5. RAILROAD LOADING AREA; WEST SIDE OF BUILDING, LOOKING SOUTH
6. RAILROAD LOADING AREA; CATWALK SYSTEM BELOW ROOF
7. INTERIOR OF MAIN FLOOR, SHOWING TRUSS AND CATWALK SYSTEMS
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