tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post328565608739681646..comments2023-06-04T04:11:05.291-07:00Comments on Santa Cruz Trains: West Beach Road Spurs, Part IDerek Whaleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715926686413316877noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-87029953425989117012016-02-13T14:25:09.762-08:002016-02-13T14:25:09.762-08:00Our friends at the SCMAH might be able to look in ...Our friends at the SCMAH might be able to look in the directories to see when the Green Giant plant opened in Watsonville. There were so many frozen food plants in Santa Cruz County. My father-in-law had the contract at most of them to haul away the culls in the 1950s and 60s. Other people subcontracted with him to use the culls for cattle feed. It was a long ways from Birdseye in Santa Cruz to Aromas to dump out vegetable waste. Cooked spinach was the worst thing to haul; it was heavey and all came out in a blob. They turned over a truck or two trying to dump it out. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623392482339445001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-57188962278561960662016-02-12T18:38:45.283-08:002016-02-12T18:38:45.283-08:00Thank you! The image has been added.Thank you! The image has been added.Derek Whaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17715926686413316877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-49891245204867074152016-02-12T18:38:34.983-08:002016-02-12T18:38:34.983-08:00Thank you! That explains a mismatch in the sources...Thank you! That explains a mismatch in the sources, with one noting the "new" facility (built in 1969) and another the same year referencing the "old" facility. I just wish the Register-Pajaronian were published on newspapers.com.Derek Whaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17715926686413316877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-20528320421363446472016-02-12T18:25:16.495-08:002016-02-12T18:25:16.495-08:00Derek, Green Giant was certainly in Watsonville be...Derek, Green Giant was certainly in Watsonville before 1969. The plant used to be at the corner of W. Beach and Walker. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623392482339445001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-33103064265594568312016-02-12T16:35:43.128-08:002016-02-12T16:35:43.128-08:00You can see the Martinelli's spur in the photo...You can see the Martinelli's spur in the photo link below. <br /><br />http://digitalcollections.ucsc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16019coll5/id/6731<br />Howard Cohennoreply@blogger.com