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'''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref> [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt history of Fremont] </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>[http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 Two miles northeast of Newark on Western Pacific Railroad] </ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false plant at Pittsburg] </ref>
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'''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>[http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 Two miles northeast of Newark on Western Pacific Railroad] </ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false plant at Pittsburg] </ref>
 
The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref>[http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt Fremont history story]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959 according to the USGS.
 
The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref>[http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt Fremont history story]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959 according to the USGS.
  

Revision as of 01:45, 9 November 2013

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Centerville, CA

F. E. Booth was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices[1]. 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 according to the USGS.

Initially built in 1917 according to


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. Two miles northeast of Newark on Western Pacific Railroad
  4. plant at Pittsburg
  5. Fremont history story