tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post111090169868346487..comments2024-03-28T02:29:04.350-07:00Comments on Orange County Memories: Holly Sugar PlantSteve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07254867681706917705noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-5433030357583454462013-11-22T07:04:00.479-08:002013-11-22T07:04:00.479-08:00My great grandfather, his wife, & three kids.....My great grandfather, his wife, & three kids... ages 5yrs, 2 1/2yrs & 7months old came from Sindal; Denmark in 1913 to meet his brother and brother's wife in Santa Ana California. His brother wrote a letter to my great grandfather that said..." Its warm here in Santa Ana... your family is here... & you will have a job at Sugar Factory that just opened."<br /><br />The dreams of a better life ... All FIVE of them came third class on a ship from Norway thru Ellis Island and straight to their new home on Halloway off of Dyer Rd. Our family has been here ever since. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-28769517911695691472013-06-19T02:01:44.777-07:002013-06-19T02:01:44.777-07:00Hello my loved one! I wish to say that this articl...Hello my loved one! I wish to say that this article <br />is amazing, great written and include almost all vital infos.<br />I'd like to peer extra posts like this .<br /><br />Check out my blog :: <a href="http://Www.thepressreleases.info/How-To-Make-Money-Online-Without-Spending-Money.htm" rel="nofollow">How To Make Money With Link Shorteners</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-50685332129235607112013-06-05T15:59:06.382-07:002013-06-05T15:59:06.382-07:00Wonderful goods from you, man. I've remember y...Wonderful goods from you, man. I've remember your stuff prior to and you are simply too excellent. 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I remember the railroad bringing in the beets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-77202236346681283502013-04-11T08:51:45.406-07:002013-04-11T08:51:45.406-07:00Incredible quest there. What occurred after? Thank...Incredible quest there. What occurred after? Thanks!<br /><br />My page :: <a href="http://Wiki.it2brain.de/index.php?title=Get_The_Dragonvale_Rose_Dragon_And_Love_Dragon_Breeding_Guide" rel="nofollow">dragonvalehacks download</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-67643294259874540822012-11-29T21:34:19.468-08:002012-11-29T21:34:19.468-08:00Interesting. My grandfather was a chemist at Holly...Interesting. My grandfather was a chemist at Holly in Tracy, this is how I stumbled on this. Wonder if they knew each other? Of course I think he retired in the late '50's...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-26250317466828564832012-08-29T04:25:40.812-07:002012-08-29T04:25:40.812-07:00I remember the sugar plant vividly, including both...I remember the sugar plant vividly, including both the smell and the tailings. The Santa Ana Fire Department training facility was located adjacent to the sugar plant, and I can still remember the smell when we were training at the fire tower in early 1973. It was a noisy plant, but I do remember that the main building was architecturally quite grand, with a brick facade and ornate exterior trim.<br /><br />Good memories...Captain Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03761606685376775641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-74644805442371500662012-07-10T17:24:39.429-07:002012-07-10T17:24:39.429-07:00I remember the plant well. I worked there in the s...I remember the plant well. I worked there in the summer during high school. At that time, I worked for my father who was the asst superintendent. My grandfather and great grandfather worked there as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-11144209872657744582012-06-25T19:52:14.805-07:002012-06-25T19:52:14.805-07:00My father was the chief chemist at the Holly Plant...My father was the chief chemist at the Holly Plant. I remember it well, especially sitting in the car waiting to pick him up after his work shift - and yes, I remember the smell. <br />He went on to become superintendent of the Holly Plant in Tracy, ca. and yes - the smell was there also!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-54223644248099182462010-11-12T14:58:27.550-08:002010-11-12T14:58:27.550-08:00A few corrections to above contributions: the Dyer...A few corrections to above contributions: the Dyer factory was built in 1912 rather than 19th century.<br />Built by a county co-op and later sold to Holly.<br /> The Holly locomotive was an EMD product rather than Alco, distinctive in that it was originally S.P.'s first wholly owned diesel. I had the pleasure of working with the loco on S.P. subsidiary NWP in Marin County in 1965 then having it follow me home to O.C. a few years later.SteveDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-7466399411770902772010-05-13T13:17:44.433-07:002010-05-13T13:17:44.433-07:00I remember very well being introduced by a friend ...I remember very well being introduced by a friend to the steam engine that powered the plant. My friend and I were involved with the restoration and operation of large Western Mfr. "hit and mis" gas engines (50 & 30 Hp) that had previously powered irrigation water pumps. Steam was more practical at the sugar plant, as it was used for beet processing, in addition to powering the engine.RandsburgJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-15585653129140602572009-08-16T22:23:58.184-07:002009-08-16T22:23:58.184-07:00It must have smelled. I just remember driving over...It must have smelled. I just remember driving over to the plant to pick up my grandfather who worked there. I don't remember a smell just the noise. I only remember it was a loud place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-89595250960727274192009-01-24T08:46:00.000-08:002009-01-24T08:46:00.000-08:00I well remember that stinky Holly Sugar factory. ...I well remember that stinky Holly Sugar factory. Our class took a field trip there in 1957. We were gifted with a little bag of sugar as we were leaving. (We received a hand full of rivets, the year before, from the Cherry Rivet factory). Does anyone remember they filmed a "Fugitive" episode there? My girlfriend and I went to see it filmed and met David Janssen and Barry Morse. This was in the mid-60's and the place looked like a wreck by then. Fun memories. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-46646604863862951902008-11-25T21:10:00.000-08:002008-11-25T21:10:00.000-08:00I remember my mom driving down the 55 to go to sou...I remember my mom driving down the 55 to go to south coast plaza and we had the pass the Holly Sugar plant. IT STUNK!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-18464695272491081612008-11-11T18:05:00.000-08:002008-11-11T18:05:00.000-08:00I have lived all my 47 years in Santa Ana on a res...I have lived all my 47 years in Santa Ana on a residential porperty next the Holly Sugar Plant. My father still lives there and enjoyed the view of Saddleback Mountain everyday until the Birtcher Company built a technology park. My cousin would play on the property on the top of a "White Mountain" powder. It was beautiful brick building that could have be incorparated into the industrail park's design.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-34855681489995047092008-10-12T17:06:00.000-07:002008-10-12T17:06:00.000-07:00I remeber the last days of the plant, working off ...I remeber the last days of the plant, working off of Haliday at Schiff Photo Mechanics. The old disel switcher (Alco?) always got my attention. When the facility was dismantled in '79 or '80 a welder's torch set off the residue in one of the big steel tanks. That got the FD there in time to collaspe the water main on our street as they fought the fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-14193387542201650042008-03-10T11:36:00.000-07:002008-03-10T11:36:00.000-07:00Does anybody remember nearby Kerr Glass? And what...Does anybody remember nearby Kerr Glass? And what about their fabulous idea for "glassphalt?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-59724397456267622422008-03-03T19:30:00.000-08:002008-03-03T19:30:00.000-08:00yes i remember the holly sugar plant.i've been in ...yes i remember the holly sugar plant.i've been in orange county 48years and remember lots of things and places.some are still here ,but many are gone,replaced by high rises, new homes and buisness's. oh how sometimes i wish for those days.thank you,don catozza,1974 mater dei high schoolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-44682335061079005222007-11-28T10:14:00.000-08:002007-11-28T10:14:00.000-08:00while not occuring directly at the sugar beet fact...while not occuring directly at the sugar beet factory this site was adjacent to what was probably the worst commercal air disaster in orange county history,in november of 1968 a cable commuter twin otter on approach to orange county airport in heavy fog dropped below the glide path and hit a light standard,this spun the aircraft into the 55 freeway overpass at dyer rd,it exploded on impact showering burning debris across all lanes of the 55,luckly no one on the road was injured (with todays traffic i doubt they would be so lucky) but all 9 onboard were lost a very sad day indeedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-10557732736140992842007-11-26T19:43:00.000-08:002007-11-26T19:43:00.000-08:00I went to elementary school at GeorgeWashington, f...I went to elementary school at George<BR/>Washington, from 1962-1969, on Flower and Warner. Flower Street dead-ended there and there were orange groves until you got to the beet fields. You could always smell the Holly Factory when you went out to morning recess. Not as bad as some describe, pungently sweet, almost burnt smell. Brings back a lot of memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-58511882468100444172007-11-25T02:39:00.000-08:002007-11-25T02:39:00.000-08:00I miss the old plant. I worked there until it was ...I miss the old plant. I worked there until it was shutdownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-82249181433876538772007-10-02T09:41:00.000-07:002007-10-02T09:41:00.000-07:00That old sugar plant may have been there from as e...That old sugar plant may have been there from as early as the 1870s, but more likely from around 1900. Certainly it was there by the early 1920s, when my mother, aunts and uncles were small children in Anaheim. They remember it clearly, and even as late as the early 1970s, it stood almost alone there on the valley. I mean there was very little around it for several miles. The distinctive thing about it to the average person were the lights on it and how they lit it up at night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-1151381124588942922006-06-26T21:05:00.000-07:002006-06-26T21:05:00.000-07:00I have worked at the Cherry Rivet plant since Feb....I have worked at the Cherry Rivet plant since Feb. 1978 and I watched them dismantle the Holly plant soon after which was directly South of the Cherry property. The sugar beet pile was graded over for several months before they began to build the hotels. Holly also had a remote warehouse on Warner which they accessed by forklift along the tracks which still cross Warner West of Grand Ave. The warehouse is also gone.<BR/>I haven't forgotten the smell. the prevailing wind from the West would blow it across the 55 Fwy.<BR/>The Corliss steam engine that powered Holly is here:<BR/>http://www.agsem.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-1145471261763588972006-04-19T11:27:00.000-07:002006-04-19T11:27:00.000-07:00Many have not forgotten the smell, which was the t...Many have not forgotten the smell, which was the topic of conversation at a dinner party several weeks ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com