Empty cable reels picked up in Riverside

What gets made in Riverside

Riverside is the county seat and the largest city in the Inland Empire. It grew on citrus; the parent navel orange tree, from which much of California's navel orange industry descends, still grows at Magnolia and Arlington Avenues. Its industry today sits in a few districts: Hunter Park, between the 215 and the 60 on the north-east side, with manufacturers, distributors and contractors; the business parks near Riverside Municipal Airport on the west side; and older industrial land along the railroad near downtown.

Riverside has its own electric utility, Riverside Public Utilities, which builds and maintains the city's distribution network. Its cable work, substations and street projects are a steady source of large reels that never touch Southern California Edison's system.

The University of California, Riverside, on the east side by the 60 and the 215, is a big campus that keeps growing, and the hospitals and county buildings downtown are rebuilt and expanded in turn.

Riverside's reels cover the range: utility reels of 60 to 72 inches from city cable work, 36 to 48 inch nailed reels from distribution buildings and campus projects, and smaller spools from manufacturers in Hunter Park. With seven ZIP codes and a lot of industry, the city sees a stop on almost every run of the Riverside County lane, and its stops often anchor a load that then picks up smaller stacks in Corona and Moreno Valley.

Where Riverside's empty reels come from

City utility cable work

Riverside Public Utilities' distribution and substation projects leave 60 to 72 inch bolted reels.

Hunter Park manufacturers and distributors

Production lines and warehouse fit-outs empty 30 to 48 inch nailed reels.

Campus, hospital and county construction

Building projects downtown and at the university leave feeder and building-wire reels.

How the Riverside, the 215 and the 15 south run reaches Riverside

The Riverside County run comes east on the 91 from Corona, works the airport-side business parks off Van Buren Boulevard or Arlington Avenue, then crosses to Hunter Park off the 215 at Columbia Avenue or Center Street before heading toward Moreno Valley on the 60. Yards here are usually large and paved, with forklifts.

Other stops on the Riverside, the 215 and the 15 south lane: Corona, Moreno Valley, Perris, Temecula. Reels from Riverside can share a deck with any of them.