I love driving through and admiring the buildings that still stand.
@Javelina_Poppers
Жыл бұрын
Spreckels built a massive sugar beet factory south of Chandler Arizons where I lived. It opened in the mid 60s and processed beets that were shipped in by rail and by trucks. It processed liquid and granular sugar and the beet pulp was sold as cattle feed to local stockyards. The plant generated their own electricity for production and could have easily supplied the town of Chandler as well at the time. The plant closed in 1981 after soft drink makers switched from beet sugar to high fructose corn syrup and it was demolished in the late 80s and there's now a golf course where the plant once stood. Many of my friends and neighbors worked at this plant and my next door neighbor was chief of maintenance having transferred to Chandler from Spreckels California operations.
@skwalka6372
Жыл бұрын
In my student days in the Bay Area I remember the cartons of Sprekels sugar, nostalgia....
@dfirth224
Жыл бұрын
Spreckels also had a sugar beet factory in Manteca next to Highway 99 and Moffett Blvd. until about the 1980s or 90s. You could ALWAYS tell when they were processing sugar beets because of the strong odor, like a sewer. My dad told me the smell came from after extracting the sugar the beet pulp was spread on the ground outside to dry. Then it was sold for cattle feed. Nothing was wasted. Sugar beet industry nationwide has been killed off by high fructose corn syrup. Corn syrup is cheaper and can be piped.
@anxiety4daysmusingmedic891
Жыл бұрын
Exactly! Remember when moffett was connected to hwy 99?
@donarthiazi2443
11 ай бұрын
I remember Spreckles from my time as an infantryman stationed at Fort Ord(back when there still WAS a Fort Ord) on the Monterey Peninsula. We used to love to tour the local areas from Big Sur up to the Bay Area and all the way to Yosemite(it's not so local though 😊). Best days of my life. Thanks for the video. Great memories.
@felipericketts
Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful little community. Would like to visit it sometime! Thanks, 🙂
@Rock_K9
Жыл бұрын
I love Spreckles. I worked at the Spreckles Sugar Beet plant for about 15 months from 1980-1981 as a security guard until turning 21. Beautiful town. Great memories.
@yuckyool
Жыл бұрын
That's nice to hear. We always hear about the "bad" stuff companies do, but they do supply products to customers who purchase them voluntarily and they do offer wages and benefits to their employees.
@airport862
Жыл бұрын
Good well made video. I worked at one of the namesake sugar factories.
@spreckels33
Жыл бұрын
Spreckels also had a livery stable turned bicycle shop turned gardeners residence
@cambridgeh.lutece6658
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Crockett! Great video!
@lifewithjosef
Жыл бұрын
My grandpa's sister and her husband came to Spreckles, and built their house out of town. It was definitely rural, but housing was creeping up to the property line, this was in the 70s
@anxiety4daysmusingmedic891
Жыл бұрын
Spreckles was also in manteca ca. My elementry school was across the street. It had sugar beets AND processed them. Its a very stinky business. 😂 the plant was demolished in the late 90's, which i got to watch. That plot of land is now a major shopping area.
@kfl611
Жыл бұрын
The houses are very cute and nice, I like them.
@Mariaiscool69
Жыл бұрын
I live there
@pcatful
Жыл бұрын
It looks nice. Where do you have to go to shop, Salinas? How did it do in the floods this year?
@donarthiazi2443
11 ай бұрын
Perhaps you'll able to live on the peninsula one day!
@bootyank
11 ай бұрын
@@pcatfulI like there too, i usually go to Salinas or Monterey to shop but the little corner store is a convenient option too
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