C&H Sugar Refinery

USA / California / Crockett / Loring Avenue, 830
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830 Loring Avenue
Crockett, CA 94525
(800) 773-1803
www.chsugar.com/

In 1906, the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company began refining pure cane sugar in the small town of Crockett, California, near San Francisco. As cargo ships offloaded raw cane sugar from the Hawaiian Islands, the refinery employed 490 people and produced 67,000 tons of refined cane sugar.

Today C&H produces cane sugar and molasses for a vast U.S. market. The Crockett refinery processes over 700 thousand tons of cane sugar annually --more than 70 types, grades and package sizes, including packaged consumer sugars as well as packaged, liquid and bulk granulated industrial-use cane sugars.

C & H importance on the City of Crockett: C. & H. was integral in the development of Crockett. The company funded town infrastructure such as roads, sewers, parks and playgrounds; built community buildings including schools, libraries, community halls, and recreations centers; and sponsored annual town-wide celebrations. Further, the company opened up tracts of land for residential development, such as Tenney Terrace and Crockett Heights, and helped C. & H. employees with the financing of their homes. Early in the twentieth century the majority of Crockett residents were employed by C. & H., and the company served as the town benefactor. George Morrison Rolph, the first plant manager, is credited with spearheading the development of many of the town amenities, and was additionally involved in the construction of Memorial Hall.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_and_Hawaiian_Sugar_Company
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Coordinates:   38°3'22"N   122°13'11"W

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