Pacific service magazine . johns-Manville Companys plant at Pittsburg, The F. E. Booth plant at Centerville, Alameda County. located in East Bay region. Power is essen-tial for the conveying and loading opera-tions that form a part of the packing the majority of fruits and vegetableshandled are grown in the great agricul-tural areas of Alameda and Contra Costacounties, some are shipped in for packingpurposes. Peaches, pears, cherries, apricots,spinach, peas, tomatoes and berries are han-dled at the plant and the vegetables, aspara-gus in the northern end of the district andp
Pacific service magazine . johns-Manville Companys plant at Pittsburg, The F. E. Booth plant at Centerville, Alameda County. located in East Bay region. Power is essen-tial for the conveying and loading opera-tions that form a part of the packing the majority of fruits and vegetableshandled are grown in the great agricul-tural areas of Alameda and Contra Costacounties, some are shipped in for packingpurposes. Peaches, pears, cherries, apricots,spinach, peas, tomatoes and berries are han-dled at the plant and the vegetables, aspara-gus in the northern end of the district andpeas, tomatoes and spinach are grown inquantities to keep the various packing plantsin a state of great activity during the pack-ing season. Power required in a plant suchas this amounts to upwards of 300 horse-power. Columbia Steel Corporation, Pittsburg,Calif. Established as a steel foundry in1910 primarily to furnish the repair partsrequired in the gold dredging industry, theplant has, by means of aggressive andcapable m
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