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[8] [2] The Stockton streetcar operations were taken over by Stockton Electric Railroad (by then an SP Subsidiary) in 1929. [9] Interurban service ceased on February 4, 1933, [10] [1] but local streetcars continued to run in Sacramento until the service was acquired by National City Lines in 1943. [11] Electric service ended on December 22 ...
Webcor is a commercial construction contractor with headquarters in San Francisco, California.The firm also has regional offices in Alameda, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose, and is among the largest builders in California with clients including Google, Apple Inc., Samsung, Genentech, Brookfield Properties, University of California, Oracle Corporation, the California Academy of Sciences ...
Children's Home of Stockton (1912), 430 North Pilgrim Street. Designed by architect Edgar B. Brown, who is also known for designing the Stockton Hotel (1910) and the Knox-Baxter-Sullivan Mansion (1910) at 205 East Magnolia Street. The building was added to the city register by resolution number 99–0312 on June 22, 1999.
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NASA decided in February 2002 to shift space shuttle overhaul and modification work from Palmdale to Florida. On August 7, 2020, J G Contracting of Nipomo, California, received a contract for maintenance, repair, and construction at U.S. Air Force facilities at Plant 42. [5]
In October 1850, Purdy was elected as the first mayor of Stockton, California.Purdy designed the city seal that was adopted by its city council. [5] [6]Purdy served as lieutenant governor of California from 1852 until 1856 under Governor John Bigler. [7]
North Edwards (formerly, Edgemont Acres and North Muroc) [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California. Situated in the Mojave Desert, North Edwards is located about 7.2 miles (11.6 km) north-east of Edwards Air Force Base, [6] at an elevation of 2,293 feet (699 m). [4] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,058. [7]
In the 1930s, the construction of the Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel involved constructing protective levees around many islands in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, levees across Headreach Island and Roberts Island were built by the Franks Contracting Company with clamshell dredgers. [5] By June 1931, the levees were 50% completed.