|
Alain--pulled the Sanborne map of Capistrano from the early 1930's and
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
it shows a vacant warehouse on a spur about 12/4 mile south of the depot and I vaguely recall a small scale packing house located there when I was photographing the SJC area in the late 60s and early 70s. The building is about 200' long and 45' wide and took up most of the spur. Think that fits the location of the photo you mentioned. There were quite a few orange groves in the San Juan Capistrano area (and believe they may still be there) north of the depot and west of the ATSF tracks with large wind machines for protecting the fruit against frost damage in cold weather. Bill Messecar Santafe-Mail@... -----Original Message-----
From: kapa@... [mailto:kapa@...] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 12:41 AM To: citrusmodeling@... Subject: [citrusmodeling] Packing House in Capistrano Hi list, I'm new to this list and want to introduce myself. Some people on this list may know me already from the different Santa Fe list. My name is Alain Kap and I live in Luxembourg, Europe. I'm modeling different Santa Fe locations and structures for my layout and my modules, some also for fun or challenge. As Southern California is one of my main places of interest, I cannot come by the citrus industry and its related facilities. One project I'm in currently is the depot of Capistrano and its surrounding buildings/industries etc. South of the depot is what I suppose a packing house. I could not locate any information or picture about what kind of brand it packed (Sunkist or ????). On a photo I think to see 2 reefers side by side. How was the track arrangement at the packing house, siding, stub ended tracks. What did the packing house look like. I will only need a track side shot as space considerations limit it to a half relief building. Packing Houses usually had large Signs of their brandnames painted on the building. Are there any of these signs available that are suitable to print out and apply to a model structure. I'm particularly thinking of the Sunkist sign. Any help will be appreciated. Alain KAP Luxembourg When replying to a message, be sure to eliminate unnecessary or redundant text. If your reply does not directly address the original topic, add further text to the subject line. Please show respect and consideration for other points of view in your replies. Yahoo! Groups Links |
