Yeruham in Be'er Sheva, Southern District, Israel — West Asia (the Levant in the Middle East)
The first industrial zone in Yeruham
Photographed by Uri Mogilevsky, January 2, 2025
1. The first industrial zone in Yeruham Marker
באזור זה קמו המפעלים הראשונים בירוחם: בית חרושת לקרח והמאפיה שסיפקה לחם לבאר שבע והסביבה. לצדם נבנו בתי מלאכה וחנויות. ממבנים אלה נותר בעיקר בניין הצרכנייה לשעבר שהוקם
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מול המקום בו עומד היום מועדון "הבית שלנו" והמחלקה לקידום נוער, עמד גנרטור שסיפק חשמל לירוחם בשנותיה הראשונות, אחרי היציאה מהמעברה ולפני החיבור לרשת החשמל הארצית. מערבה לגנרטור עמד בית החרושת למלח. צפונית לו הוקם בשנת 1962 מבנה ששימש
Photographed by Uri Mogilevsky, January 2, 2025
2. The first industrial zone in Yeruham Marker
בשטח שעליו פעל בשנות ה-80 השוק העירוני מידי יום שלישי, עמד מפעל לליטוש יהלומים שהפך למשכנו המקורי של בית חרושת "לון" (לימים "אגיס") ולאחר מכן שימש כאולם השמחות "גיל".
In this area, the first factories in Yeruham were established: an ice factory and the bakery that supplied bread to Beer Sheva and the surrounding region. Alongside them, workshops and shops were built. Of these buildings, the main one that remains is the former cooperative store building, established in 1953 (today a bakery).
Across from the site where the Our Home club and the Department for Youth Advancement now stand, there was a generator that supplied electricity to Yeruham in its early years, after leaving the transit camp and before being connected to the national power grid. West of the generator stood the salt factory. To its north, in 1962, a building was erected that served as a restaurant and hotel. Later, it housed the first public library, then a kindergarten. Finally, until it was demolished in 1988, it served as storage for the local council.
On the site where the municipal market operated on Tuesdays during the 1980s, there once stood a diamond-polishing plant, which later became the original location of the Lon factory (later Agis), and afterward served as the Gil banquet hall.
Erected by Council for the Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1962.
Location. 30° 59.31′ N, 34° 55.616′ E. Marker is in Yeruham, Southern District, in Be'er Sheva. It is on Asher Sanker Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Asher Sanker Street 4, Yeruham, Southern District, Israel. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Asia, specifically in West Asia, in the Middle East, in The Levant, on the Red Sea, in a coastal Mediterranean country, and in the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, a British Mandate, and the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within 13 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lion's Trail - Dimona (approx. 12 kilometers away).
Additional keywords. Israel, Negev
Credits. This page was last revised on September 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2025, by Uri Mogilevsky of Jerusalem, Israel. This page has been viewed 64 times since then and 14 times this year. Last updated on September 19, 2025, by Uri Mogilevsky of Jerusalem, Israel. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 18, 2025, by Uri Mogilevsky of Jerusalem, Israel. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
