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'''San Martin Cannery'''
 
 
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The '''San Martin Cannery''' was a cannery in the south end of the Santa Clara valley.  In 1930, the owner was [[R.G. Mussolino]]<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GAgvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DKQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1577%2C5619831 August 25, 1930 San Jose Evening News].  Mussolino fell on a Monterey golf course and broke his collarbone.</ref>.
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The cannery itself was erected in 1907, originally as winery that was part of California Wine Association. The cannery burned in April 1932<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F6QFAAAAIBAJ&dq=cannery&pg=1991%2C3812024 San Jose News, April 7, 1932]</ref>.  The cannery had not been in operation since the tomato pack six months before.  The foreman at the time of the fire was Sully De Carlo, and the plant owned by R. G. Mussolino.  The fire wiped out the main building and machinery of their plant located on the Monterey Highway, with damages estimated at $25,000 and the loss of 5,000 cases of canned goods<ref> [http://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune/1932-04-12/page-22 April 12, 1932 Oakland Tribune]</ref>.
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The company was still in existence in 1946 when a fire on the company's land burned an acre of land<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YysiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RKQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=930%2C1014412 May 14, 1946 San Jose Evening News]</ref>.
  
 
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Owner in 1930 was R.G. Mussolino.  According to the [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GAgvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DKQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1577%2C5619831 August 25, 1930 San Jose Evening News], he fell on a Monterey golf course and broke his collarbone.
 
 
 
Burned in April 1932 according to the [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F6QFAAAAIBAJ&dq=cannery&pg=1991%2C3812024 San Jose News, April 7, 1932]
 
Cannery had not been in operation since the tomato pack six months before.  The foreman at the time of the fire was Sully De Carlo, and the plant owned by R. G. Mussolino.  The cannery itself was erected in 1907, originally as winery that was part of California Wine Association.  The [http://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune/1932-04-12/page-22 April 12, 1932 Oakland Tribune] reported that the fire wiped out the main building and machinery of their plant located on the Monterey Highway, with damages estimated at $25,000 and the loss of 5,000 cases of canned goods.
 
  
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YysiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RKQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=930%2C1014412 May 14, 1946 San Jose Evening News] reports on a fire on land owned by the San Martin Canning Company which burned an acre of land.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 08:45, 13 December 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

San Martin

The San Martin Cannery was a cannery in the south end of the Santa Clara valley. In 1930, the owner was R.G. Mussolino[1].

The cannery itself was erected in 1907, originally as winery that was part of California Wine Association. The cannery burned in April 1932[2]. The cannery had not been in operation since the tomato pack six months before. The foreman at the time of the fire was Sully De Carlo, and the plant owned by R. G. Mussolino. The fire wiped out the main building and machinery of their plant located on the Monterey Highway, with damages estimated at $25,000 and the loss of 5,000 cases of canned goods[3].

The company was still in existence in 1946 when a fire on the company's land burned an acre of land[4].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Martin 1930, 1932, 1946 Monterey Highway site named in May 14, 1946 San Jose News article on grass fire.

Burned to the ground in 1932.

References