Union Sugar Company Mill

USA / California / Guadalupe /
 factory, abandoned / shut down, production, sugar mill
1897 — Union Sugar Company founded, built town of Betteravia for workers.
1899 — Operations began.
1907 — American Sugar Refining Company bought half interest.
1910 — Photo digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/...
1928-1933 — Closed. Local beets sold to American Beet Sugar Co. in Oxnard.
1934 — Opened and increased production by buying beets from nearby areas.
1951 — Bought by Consolidated Grocers Corp., which in 1954 became Consolidated Foods Corp. , and later Sara Lee Corp.
1986 — Bought by Holly Sugar, renamed in 1988 to Imperial Holly Sugar; and dust explosion damaged plant and 8 workers.
1993 — Closed
1997 — Partially demoslished
2001 — Photos: www.avoidingregret.com/2013/06/photo-essay-abandoned-su...
History — www.jf2.com/SMVRHM.ORG/sugarmill.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beet_sugar
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Coordinates:   34°54'59"N   120°30'49"W
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