Adohr Milk Farms 60-foot concrete silos Order #00113599
This series from October 13, 1948 shows the demolition of the Adohr Milk Farms’ 31 year old concrete silos, located at 18000 Ventura Boulevard. The Tarzana landmarks were removed after the land was sold and divided into city parcels to build low-cost homes for veterans. This is just one of the examples from the collection of the post war boom (no pun intended) and the Valley’s transformation from agricultural center to sprawling suburbs. See the whole demolition process in the gallery below.
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- Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department Demolition Squad, C. C. Rosenberg, Charles Dow, and Robert Owens, prepare the dynamite. Order #00113601
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- Holes bored in silo for dynamite. Order #00113603
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- Demolition squad members B. Elshire, R. Selba, and K. E. Ward. Order #00113602
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- Head of the Adohr Milk Farms, Merritt H. Adamson assists R. Hicks as Battalion Chief, James F, Martin, looks on. Order #00113600
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- Two silos stubbornly withstood the first blasts of 120 sticks of dynamite allocated to each by Battalion Chief James F. Martin. Order #00114213
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- Silos fall after blast from 182 half-pound sticks of dynamite for each of the giant storage bins. Order #00113604
Please check, I believe it should be 18000 Ventura Bouleverd, not 1800 Ventura Boulevard
http://www.valleytimes.org/the-fall-of-adohr-farms-silos/
Yes, 18000 is correct, and the address has been updated with the extra 0.
Does anyone have an idea who built these silos? They resemble the ones in the Owens Valley that are still standing. The ones there were built by A.O. Adams.