Weighs Truck Axle
Photograph caption:
Viljo Jacobson Arleta, center, weighs the first truck to pass the new Castaic Commercial Inspection Station for northbound traffic on the Golden State Freeway. Trucks will undergo a fast but complete physical inspection for weight, height, length, loading requirements and safety equipment. Looking on are Capt. Sam McDaniel, left, and Sgt. Howard Hurlbut of the CHP.
George Brich, Valley Times Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
Photograph dated January 9, 1965
Well Street
This photo has personal meaning for me. My dad was a CHP officer who worked at the Castaic scales, and I spent many hours there while he was on shift.
I'm sure I'd find it dreadfully dull now, but as a kid, I was fascinated by watching trucks roll in and my dad writing citations to drivers with overweight loads and other violations.
Though this picture was taken before he started working at Castaic, my dad resembles Captain McDaniel at first glance.
I appreciate this photo. Thank you!
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Many thanks for your reply to my photo.
George Brich
Evangel
Thanks, George, for sharing with us another rare photographic glimpse into life in California during the 1960's.
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Many thanks for your kind reply to my photo.
Best wishe,George
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A busy business, thanks for your appreciation of the photo.
George Brich, photographer.
Slipstream
Truck drivers weren't too happy about that weigh station. Before it was built, there were no guards against trucks traveling overloaded on the Grapevine/Ridge Route. Thanks for the photo George.