F. E. Booth

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Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Centerville, CA
F. E. Booth, Centerville, 1926.[1]

F. E. Booth was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices[2]. The company was founded by Frank E. Booth, who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey. The cannery was started in 1917[3], with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad[4]. The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California[5] The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner[6]. The cannery building itself burned in November 1959.

Locations

Location Years Address Details

References

  1. Pacific Service Magazine, October 1926.
  2. Canning News: November 1921 Canning Age Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.
  3. 1917: Fremont History. Ground broken in April, 1917.
  4. U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: geocaching.com Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.
  5. Many Canneries Receive Licenses: California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926
  6. History: Early Farmers of Union City: August 27, 2008 Tri-City Voice