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| − | '''Libby, McNeil, and Libby''' was a Chicago-based canner, organized in 1875. | + | '''Libby, McNeil, and Libby''' was a Chicago-based canner, organized in 1875. |
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| + | Their Sunnyvale cannery, [http://historyofbusiness.blogspot.com/2011/12/libby-mcneill-libby.html opened in 1907,] was large and long-lived; the water tank from the cannery still sits in the industrial park off Mathilda, painted as one of Libby's cans. Libby's opened the Sunnyvale cannery as their first west-coast plant due to the encouragement of local real estate agents and proximity to San Francisco<ref>Kent L. Seavey, Yolanda Wuth, and James C. Williams, [http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Portals/0/Sunnyvale/CDD/Planning/HRC%20Materials/IMAGES_Chap_4.pdf Images: Sunnyvale's Heritage Resources], 1988, City of Sunnyvale. Chapter 4.</ref> Sunnyvale had primarily been a meat-packing company; the Sunnyvale plant was an attempt to broaden their product line<ref>Canneries hold important place in Sunnyvale's history: [http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_21278577/canneries-hold-important-place-sunnyvales-history August 9, 2012 San Jose Mercury Views]</ref> The cannery closed in the early 1980's, and the plant was torn down by 1985. | ||
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Revision as of 15:38, 30 October 2013
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Predecessors |
Sunnyvale Canneries |
Libby, McNeil, and Libby was a Chicago-based canner, organized in 1875.
Their Sunnyvale cannery, opened in 1907, was large and long-lived; the water tank from the cannery still sits in the industrial park off Mathilda, painted as one of Libby's cans. Libby's opened the Sunnyvale cannery as their first west-coast plant due to the encouragement of local real estate agents and proximity to San Francisco[1] Sunnyvale had primarily been a meat-packing company; the Sunnyvale plant was an attempt to broaden their product line[2] The cannery closed in the early 1980's, and the plant was torn down by 1985.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 1913-1982 | 1724 Stockton Ave. | History |
| Sacramento | 1914 | Folsom Blvd. and Hazel Ave | Olive pickling. |
| San Francisco | 1912 | 112 Market Street | Santa Marina Building |
| San Jose | 1926-1927 | 4th and Lewis | Leased from California Prune and Apricot Growers. |
| Santa Clara | 1927- | Franklin Street | Dried fruit[3]. |
| Sunnyvale | 1907-1981 | Mathilda and Evelyn Avenue | water tank still exists. |
References
- ↑ Kent L. Seavey, Yolanda Wuth, and James C. Williams, Images: Sunnyvale's Heritage Resources, 1988, City of Sunnyvale. Chapter 4.
- ↑ Canneries hold important place in Sunnyvale's history: August 9, 2012 San Jose Mercury Views
- ↑ June 3, 1941 San Jose Evening News