Encyclopedia of Forlorn Places | Beet Sugar Mill, Clarksburg California
Clarksburg is a small town in the Delta a few miles south of Sacramento. The Old Sugar Mill (photo above), was built by Amalgamated Sugar in 1935 then sold to Crystal Sugar in 1936. It was later operated by Delta Sugar. The mill refined beet sugar. It was among many beet sugar mills that were built and operated in the US in the early 1900s but ...