F. E. Booth

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Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Centerville, CA

F. E. Booth was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices[1]. The company was founded by Frank E. Booth, who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey. The cannery was started in 1917[2], with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad[3]. The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California[4] The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner[5]. The cannery building itself burned in November 1959.

Locations

Location Years Address Details

References

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