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Chinese-run Emeryville cannery founded by the Mee family in 1918.  The cannery was sold to [[Virden Packing]] in 1921, and became [[Del Monte]]'s plant #35 in 1927.   
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'''Western Canning''' was a chinese-run Emeryville cannery founded by the Mee family in 1918.  The cannery was sold to [[Virden Packing]] in 1921, and became [[Del Monte]]'s plant #35 in 1927.   
  
 
The plant was spotlighted in the [http://books.google.com/books?id=iq3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22anderson%20barngrover%22&pg=RA1-PA6#v=onepage&q=%22anderson%20barngrover%22&f=false October 1920 Canning Age] magazine
 
The plant was spotlighted in the [http://books.google.com/books?id=iq3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22anderson%20barngrover%22&pg=RA1-PA6#v=onepage&q=%22anderson%20barngrover%22&f=false October 1920 Canning Age] magazine
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==Details==
 
==Details==
 
 
See also [http://books.google.com/books?id=kXQpAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA425&ots=o-gilMlfdW&dq=%22mee%20estate%22%20western%20canning&pg=PA424#v=onepage&q&f=false CRC decision] on trackage in street.
 
See also [http://books.google.com/books?id=kXQpAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA425&ots=o-gilMlfdW&dq=%22mee%20estate%22%20western%20canning&pg=PA424#v=onepage&q&f=false CRC decision] on trackage in street.
  
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[[Category:Emeryville]]
 
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[[Category:Cannery]]
 
[[Category:Cannery]]

Latest revision as of 09:44, 13 December 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Emeryville
Active

1918-1921
Successors

Virden Packing

Western Canning was a chinese-run Emeryville cannery founded by the Mee family in 1918. The cannery was sold to Virden Packing in 1921, and became Del Monte's plant #35 in 1927.

The plant was spotlighted in the October 1920 Canning Age magazine with a large article on the cannery and its machinery.

An article on the cannery's sale noted that a last worker had written "goodbye" in Chinese and English when he left.

See much more complete information on OaklandWiki.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Emeryville 1918-1921 Park Avenue between Hollis and Watts.

Now site of Pixar.

Details

See also CRC decision on trackage in street.

References