While snooping around the north main street area looking for the location (in vain) of Richfield Gas Station No. 16,
I came across the old Edison Electric Co. Steam Power Plant built in 1903.
view from the
5 Freeway
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The last time we visited this beauty was way back on page 50.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3979
I also came across this empty art deco building at 1910 N. Main Street. I would have bet money that this was a defunct WPA era post office.
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entrance/address
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Well, it turns out this was part of the Los Angeles Brewery as well.
early 1950s
lincolnheightsla.com
Here it is with the brewery buildings next door. (looking east along N. Main St/it curves)
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below: I've outlined the empty art deco building in red. I'm guessing this was an administration building for the brewery.
google aerial
I outlined the original 1903 Edison Co. Steam Plant in blue.
The brewery became a
Pabst Brewery in 1953. (this photo is dated 1954)
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=80404
http://beercanhistory.com/
Name changes of the brewery throughout the years. (list from
http://www.lincolnheightsla.com/)
Los Angeles Brewing Company (aka Eastside Beverage Co.) 1897-1920
Zesto Beverage Company 1920-1926
Los Angeles Brewing Company (aka Eastside/Mission Brewing) 1933-1953
Pabst Brewing Company 1953-1979
Here's an earlier post on the Los Angeles Brewery by
tovanger2.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10485
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