Opening in 1916, the plant at one point was connected to over 100 local dairies and processed 200,000 pounds (91,000 kg) of milk per day.
It was then shipped out in the form of condensed, evaporated, and powered milk as well as powdered ice cream.
[2] The Utah company that owned the 45,000 square feet (4,200 m2) building went out of business in 1961, and the edifice was used by two separate ceramic businesses, but was unoccupied after the city demanded assorted repairs and the owner declared bankruptcy.
[3] Home to vandalism and nearly declared a "public nuisance," the building sustained a mysterious fire in 1993 and the city demolished half of the building citing safety concerns.
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