INTERIOR VIEW SHOWING SORTING AND STAMPING LINE - National Orange Company Packing House, 3604 Commerce Street, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
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- Source:
- Library of Congress
- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey
- Date:
- Documentation compiled after 1968
- Description:
- Photo(s): 19 | Color Transparencies: 5 | Measured Drawing(s): 8 | Data Page(s): 41 | Photo Caption Page(s): 3 Subjects: citrus fruit industry, agriculture, assembly-line methods, packing plants, loading docks, women, packing machinery, junkyards, laborers Locations: california, riverside, riverside county Notes: For additional information, see also California Citrus Heritage Recording Project (HAER CA-118). Significance: Originally constructed in 1898, the National Orange Company Packing House is the oldest continuously operated packing house in Riverside. While other establishments have moved towards increased mechanization in the processing of the fruit, the National Orange Company continues to utilize vintage 1920s and 1930s machinery, relying on historically established means of preparing, packaging and shipping citrus products. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N20 Survey number: HAER CA-121 Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905- 1906 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1928- 1929 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after. 1950- before. 1959 Subsequent Work
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- License:
- United States Government Work
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