Parr Terminal
Subtitle: fifty years of industry on the Richmond waterfront
By: John Parr Cox ; an interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning in 1986.
Contributors: Dunning, Judith.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Online Archive of California.
Published: 1992
Subjects: Parr Terminal Company.; Waterfronts -- California -- Richmond.; Industries -- California -- Richmond.
Description: Cox discusses his family background; industrialist Fred D. Parr; Parr-McCormick Steamship Line, and Port of Oakland, 1915; beginning Parr Terminal, Richmond, 1926; Richmond waterfront industries, 1930s-1950s: Ford Motor Co., Filice & Perrelli Canning Co.; Terminals No. 1-4; Pt. San Pablo: Winehaven, fish reduction plants, 1930s-1940s; World War II shipbuilding; containerization; Japanese ties; future for Port of Richmond.