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In February 1884, "Claus Spreckels" pulling a load of nine cars had just approached the Wailuku depot (located just East of the present day intersection of Lower Main and Mill streets) and had uncoupled the last seven cars for unloading while it went ahead to the depot. The brakes on the uncoupled cars failed and the seven cars began to roll ...
The life of Claus Spreckels is one of the interesting and absorbing personal histories of which America is so proud. He was born in Lamstedt, Hanover, Germany, July 9, 1828. At the age of twenty, in 1848, he came to Charleston, South Carolina, where he was employed in the humble capacity of grocery clerk, at small pay.
22 de dic. de 2021 · Claus Spreckels, the first of six children, was born during the summer of 1828 in the Kingdom of Hannover. Spreckels grew up in a low-income family and obtained only a primary school education.
Claus Spreckels (1828–1908) emigrated from his homeland of Germany to the United States with only seventy-five cents in his pocket, built a sugar empire, and became one of the richest Americans in history alongside John D. Rockefeller, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates.
As a result, Claus Spreckels purchased land in King City, Soledad and Hollister to be developed and farmed by tenants. Spreckels leased land for $10 per acre to anyone who would agree to grow sugarbeets. He solicited the San Francisco area Salvation Army offering all those on welfare 10 acres, a house and tools at no cost.
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2 de ago. de 2017 · Claus Spreckels’ brother Peter, and Anna’s brother Claus Mangels, married twin sisters. The three couples founded the Albany Brewery, the first large-scale producer of beer in San Francisco. Their next venture was the Bay Sugar Refining Company in 1863 which they sold in 1865 for a considerable profit.
