Industrial Buildings and Structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California - Industrial Buildings and Structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles, California (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles, California, Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, El Molino Viejo, Old Warner Brothers Studio, Knight Foundry, Forbes Mill, Empire Mine State Historic Park, Plaza Substation, Burro Schmidt Tunnel, Nevada Brewery, Richmond Shipyards, Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, Pacific Biological Laboratories, John Pearson Soda Works, Cowell Lime Works, Mountain Winery, Olema Lime Kilns, Inglenook Winery, Harmony Borax Works, Trefethen Vineyards, Picchetti Brothers Winery, Alameda Works Shipyard, Wall Street Mill, Kennedy Mine, Griffith Quarry, Fountain-Tallman Soda Works, Desert Queen Mine, American Trona Corporation Building, Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway Powerhouse, Great Sierra Mine Historic Site, Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, Buena Vista Winery, Elephant Packing House, Calpak Plant No. 11. Excerpt: Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park is located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco. The park encompasses an array of historic properties in the city which were constructed during the 1940s to support America's entry into World War II. The park is a "partnership park," meaning that no land or buildings are actually owned by the National Park Service, which only administers the park. This relatively new National Park was established in 2000 and is still under development. Bus tours of the park began in 2007 and were run by the city as the park has formed a unique partnership and is jointly administered by the National Parks Service and the city government. During this initial developmental phase, the park has limited visitor services. A self guided auto tour with optional walking tour is available for downloading. In the summer of 2007 prelimentary bus tour...