The community of Spreckels in the Salinas Valley was the
manifestation of the dreams of immigrant Claus Spreckels, later
known as the "Sugar King." Architect W. H. Weeks designed Spreckels
Sugar Company's town near its massive sugar beet factory, the
largest in the world. Neat rows of single-story homes sprang up on
the valley floor, opening to workers in 1899. Spreckels also built
a narrow-gauge railroad to cart his cargo to the docks at Moss
Landing. Sugar beet production changed the focus of valley
agriculture from dry to irrigated crops, resulting in the vast
modern agricultural-industrial economy in today's "Salad Bowl of
the World." Although Spreckels died in 1908, his company continued
to own and operate the factory and much of the town until 1982, and
almost 500 residents still call it home.
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