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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 company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  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>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<refMany Canneries Receive Licenses>[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 California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926] </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 company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  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>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>Many Canneries Receive Licenses: [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 California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926] </ref>
 
The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref> History: Early Farmers of Union City: [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt August 27, 2008 Tri-City Voice]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959.
 
The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref> History: Early Farmers of Union City: [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt August 27, 2008 Tri-City Voice]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959.
  

Revision as of 01:51, 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 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