Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage & Processing Buildings, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA
Summary
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.
Survey number: HAER CA-21
Building/structure dates: 1916-1917 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
Tags
wooden buildings
salt industry
ammunition industry
war world war i
lumber industry
railroad companies
stucco
storage facilities
industrial facilities
loading docks
san pedro hill
macarthur
fort macarthur
raw
salt
storage
raw salt storage
buildings
pacific
pacific avenue
san pedro
los angeles county
los angeles
california
american trona corporation
alfred deropp
headquarters space divison department of the air force
historic american engineering record
southern pacific railroad company
us army
jean p yearby
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
industrial history
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
American Trona Corporation
Headquarters Space Divison Department of the Air Force
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
U.S. Army
DeRopp, Alfred
Yearby, Jean P, transmitter
Location
San Pedro Hill
,
33.72515, -118.28797
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html