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California Beet Sugar Company

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190:, his brother Ephraim Dyer, C.I. Hutchinson, who served as president, W.F. Garratt, B.P. Flint, T.G. Phelps, W.B. Carr, E.R. Carpenter, and E.G. Rollins. The factory was built on farmland owned by Dyer. B.F. Ingalls served as the architect and builder. The factory opened officially on November 15, 1870. The machines used in the factory were imported from 29: 218:
One predecessor to the Alvarado factory was Germania Sugar, founded by Ernst Theodore and Gottlieb Gennert in Chatsworth Illinois in 1863. An insufficient water supply and soil which was poorly suited to sugar beets led to disbanding the Chatsworth operation in 1870. While not a commercial success,
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from the factory. In the first year of production it processed 293 tons of beet sugar. In 1873 the factory closed due to financial reasons. The equipment was sold to another plant in
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lessons from the Chatsworth venture were valuable to beet sugar cultivation and manufacture elsewhere in the United States.
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Defunct manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Crampton, C.A. (1889). "Des Lignes Sugar Experiment Station".
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Site of the nation's first successful beet sugar factory
120: 112: 103: 91: 83: 46: 35: 21: 372:US Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry 222:The former site of the factory is listed on the 229:E.H. Dyer passed away in 1906. Dyer Street in 170:, which has been incorporated into the city of 429:Companies based in Alameda County, California 8: 449:Food and drink companies based in California 439:Food and drink in the San Francisco Bay Area 390:The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer 306: 304: 302: 27: 18: 434:Companies based in Union City, California 186:The sugar factory was started in 1870 by 336: 334: 242: 233:has been named after him in his honor. 206:. The factory was demolished in 1977. 16:Historic site in Union City, California 319:. Pacific Coast Architecture Database 279: 277: 275: 273: 250: 248: 246: 119: 111: 102: 7: 454:Sugar companies of the United States 210:bought Holly Sugar Company in 1988. 14: 424:1870 establishments in California 419:California Historical Landmarks 224:California Historical Landmarks 176:California Historical Landmarks 144:Standard Sugar Refining Company 106:California Historical Landmark 1: 140:California Beet Sugar Company 22:California Beet Sugar Company 386:"The Chatsworth Experiment" 158:) was the first successful 148:Pacific Coast Sugar Company 475: 444:Agriculture in California 132: 128: 99: 26: 285:"Alvarado Sugar Factory" 68:37.600533°N 122.070517°W 174:and its site is on the 414:Union City, California 73:37.600533; -122.070517 41:Union City, California 396:(5): 66. 31 Jan 1903. 198:named "The Rosa," to 152:Alameda Sugar Company 166:. It was located in 287:. Union City Museum 156:Holly Sugar Company 142:(also known as the 64: /  204:Soquel, California 121:Reference no. 311:Michelson, Alan. 136: 135: 466: 398: 397: 382: 376: 375: 367: 361: 360: 358: 357: 348:. Archived from 346:tricityvoice.com 338: 329: 328: 326: 324: 308: 297: 296: 294: 292: 281: 268: 267: 265: 263: 252: 79: 78: 76: 75: 74: 69: 65: 62: 61: 60: 57: 39:30849 Dyer St., 31: 19: 474: 473: 469: 468: 467: 465: 464: 463: 404: 403: 402: 401: 384: 383: 379: 369: 368: 364: 355: 353: 340: 339: 332: 322: 320: 310: 309: 300: 290: 288: 283: 282: 271: 261: 259: 254: 253: 244: 239: 216: 184: 162:factory in the 108: 72: 70: 66: 63: 58: 55: 53: 51: 50: 17: 12: 11: 5: 472: 470: 462: 461: 456: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 426: 421: 416: 406: 405: 400: 399: 377: 362: 330: 298: 269: 241: 240: 238: 235: 215: 212: 208:Imperial Sugar 183: 180: 134: 133: 130: 129: 126: 125: 122: 118: 117: 114: 110: 109: 104: 101: 100: 97: 96: 93: 89: 88: 85: 81: 80: 48: 44: 43: 37: 33: 32: 24: 23: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 471: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 411: 409: 395: 391: 387: 381: 378: 373: 366: 363: 352:on 2016-10-11 351: 347: 343: 337: 335: 331: 318: 314: 307: 305: 303: 299: 286: 280: 278: 276: 274: 270: 257: 251: 249: 247: 243: 236: 234: 232: 227: 225: 220: 213: 211: 209: 205: 201: 200:San Francisco 197: 196:wheel steamer 193: 189: 181: 179: 177: 173: 169: 165: 164:United States 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 141: 131: 127: 123: 115: 113:Official name 107: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 77: 49: 45: 42: 38: 34: 30: 25: 20: 393: 389: 380: 371: 365: 354:. Retrieved 350:the original 345: 321:. Retrieved 316: 289:. Retrieved 260:. Retrieved 228: 221: 217: 185: 155: 151: 147: 143: 139: 137: 95:B.F. Ingalls 323:1 September 291:1 September 71: / 59:122°04′14″W 47:Coordinates 408:Categories 356:2016-08-02 317:Structures 237:References 231:Union City 188:E. H. Dyer 172:Union City 160:sugar beet 154:, and the 56:37°36′02″N 262:5 October 92:Architect 168:Alvarado 36:Location 192:Germany 182:History 226:list. 214:Legacy 178:list. 84:Built 325:2012 293:2012 264:2012 138:The 87:1870 394:XXX 124:768 410:: 392:. 388:. 344:. 333:^ 315:. 301:^ 272:^ 245:^ 150:, 146:, 359:. 327:. 295:. 266:.

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Union City, California
37°36′02″N 122°04′14″W / 37.600533°N 122.070517°W / 37.600533; -122.070517
California Historical Landmark
sugar beet
United States
Alvarado
Union City
California Historical Landmarks
E. H. Dyer
Germany
wheel steamer
San Francisco
Soquel, California
Imperial Sugar
California Historical Landmarks
Union City



"Site of the nation's first successful beet sugar factory"




"Alvarado Sugar Factory"



"Dyer, E.H., Farm and Sugar Beet Factory, Union City, CA"

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