Western Canning

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Western Canning

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Emeryville
Active

1918-1921
Successors

Virden Packing

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.