Advertisement for Aztec Tile produced in South Gate, 1927 7. What role has industry played in the development of South Gate?
Nearly from the city’s creation, industry was part of South Gate, with early real estate literature emphasizing the industrial advantages of the area. The city’s founders recognized that for a city to grow, it needed jobs for present and future citizens, and industry represented jobs. Just a few years after developers sold the first plot of land, South Gate had welcomed a number of small industries. A.R. Maas Chemical Company, a firm later bought by Stauffer Chemical Company, opened its doors in 1922. Bell Foundry started operations in 1923. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company followed, digging up a bean field to build a new factory that it hoped would facilitate distribution of its products on the West Coast. Royal Dairy Farms arrived soon after. Attracted by inexpensive land as well as easy access to light and power, water supplies and sewers, and major highways, railways, and waterways, Star Roofing Company (later U.S. Gypsum), General Motors, and the American Concrete and Steel Pipe
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