F. E. Booth
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| Business |
Cannery |
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| 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
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References
- ↑ Canning News: November 1921 Canning Age Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.
- ↑ 1917: Fremont History. Ground broken in April, 1917.
- ↑ Two miles northeast of Newark on Western Pacific Railroad
- ↑ plant at Pittsburg
- ↑ Fremont history story