| Historic Packing Houses,
Packing Sheds and Other Industrial Structures Eastside Lines: Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Visalia Electric Copyright 2009 by James E. Lancaster, Ph.D. Web
Page Created June 8, 2009 
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Visalia District from Visalia to Lone Star Parlier, CA All photos are copyrighted. They remain the property of the individual contributors and may not be used without permission.  February 1983 CLIC Book Diagram. (Glen Icanberry collection) Parlier
was different from other towns along the Santa Fe's Eastside Branches
in that the packing houses were located on sidings that were
perpendicular to the main line.
 Chris Sorenson Packing Co. in the 1980s. It was located on siding #2131 on the CLIC diagram. (Randy Sunada photo)  By the mid-2000s the entire complex of packing houses was operated by Sunwest Fruit Co. This building still had the Chris Sorensen signage in March 2008. (James Lancaster photo)  More Chris Sorensen signage in November 2006. By March 2008 this sign had been painted over. (James Lancaster photo)  1980s view looking south. Siding #2131 and the Chris Sorensen Packing Co. are at the right. In the distance at the left are more packing houses. (Randy Sunada photo)  This is what the view looking south looked like in March 2008. The entire complex is now run by Sunwest Fruit Co. The Chris Sorensen sign is barely visible at the far right. (James Lancaster photo) If you have any comments or questions please feel free to contact me at ljames1at (i.e., @) ix.netcom.com (no spaces). |