Reminder of the 70's along Rio Grande 54 – Sugar Factory, Elsinore, Utah

: Elsinore, UT Sep. 15, 2014

Sugar Factory is located at the easternmost of Elsinore, Utah on Utah State Route 118.

Sugar beets were once the principal product of the region. Many processing factories were built in this area. One of them, Elsinore Factory was completed in 1911. Unfortunately, however, it was closed in 1929 due to blight[1,2]. The Factory is the only surviving sugar factory structure in the area and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.

Another sugar factory nearby, Gunnison Valley Sugar Company’s Centerfield Factory was completed in 1918. The Factory was served by the Rio Grande spur diverting west from the main at Spearmint. 1951 Rio Grande system route map shows the factory as “Gunnison Sugar Fact’y”. Unfortunately, however, the Factory was closed in 1961 and scrapped in 1966.

[1] Oct. 26, 1911 Salt Lake Telegram
[2] Jan. 4, 1929 Richfield Reaper


Sugar Factoryは、Elsinoreの東に遺る、1911年創業の精糖工場である。Rio GrandeのMarysvale支線沿線で収穫される甜菜から砂糖を精製していたが、畑に虫害が拡がり1929年に閉鎖された。1980年にNational Register of Historic Placesに登録されている。

Marysvale支線沿線ではCenterfieldにも精糖工場があった。こちらは1961年まで操業を続け、Marysvale支線のSpearmintから分岐する引き込み線も設けられていた。