Winters Canning Company

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Summary
Main Location

Suisun
Successors

Hunt Brothers Packing Company

Winters Canning Company was a Suisun canner. The cannery was built around 1910. The company was sold to the Hunt Brothers Packing Company by the mid 1920's[1].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Suisun 1910 Illinois St. near Union St.[2]

East side north of railroad tracks from photo in Prune County.

References

  1. Sabine Goerke-Shrode, Fairfield. Arcadia Publishing. "The Winters Canning Company operated in Suisun, starting around 1910. During canning season, the company ran three daily shifts, employing hundreds of local women. The Hunt Brothers Company bought them up in the mid-1920's."
  2. Southern Pacific Company, Station Map Suisun-Fairfield. 1910-1925. Reprinted in "SP Trainline Fall 2015" (Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society magazine).