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| − | The '''Woelffel Cannery''' was a canner in Monta Vista on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley. The plant was along the railroad tracks just south of Stevens Creek Road. Woelffel supposedly produced tomato paste | + | The '''Woelffel Cannery''' was a canner in Monta Vista on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, in operation from the 1920's through 1978<ref>Steve Hill, 1970 to Present: [http://ww.stjoscup.org/newsletter/sjc_newsletter_1309.pdf St. Joseph of Cupertino monthly flyer, September 2011].</ref> The plant was along the railroad tracks just south of Stevens Creek Road. Woelffel supposedly produced tomato paste<ref>Bancroft Library, [http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/roho/ucb/text/bossen_dave.pdf EARLY BAY AREA VENTURE CAPITALISTS: SHAPING THE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LANDSCAPE].</ref>. |
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| + | Richard Woelffel lived at 322 E. San Salvador in San Jose in 1902, with his son who was in law school. | ||
The cannery was bought by [[Stapleton-Spence]] in the 1970's for the machinery<ref>About Stapleton-Spence: [http://www.stapleton-spence.com/about-stapleton.php stapleton-spence.com]. "Stapleton-Spence purchased Woelfell Canning in Cupertino and soon consolidated operations. With equipment from the Woelfell plant, Gangi Brothers and Safeway, Stapleton-Spence built a prune juice plant."</ref>. The land was later sold to Measurex, a company using radiation to do high-speed measurements of paper thickness in paper plants<ref>Bancroft Library, [http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/roho/ucb/text/bossen_dave.pdf EARLY BAY AREA VENTURE CAPITALISTS: SHAPING THE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LANDSCAPE]. Oral history interview. "Anyway, she located the space, and it belonged to a nice little old lady, who I suppose has passed away now, by the name of Blanche B. Woelffel. She owned thirty-five acres in Cupertino, and she had a factory there that produced tomato paste. She had an evaporator and one big building, and she was growing tomatoes and plums on this property… Well, she had inherited it from her husband who had just died. She sold it to us, and we paid an exorbitant amount, I thought—$50,000 an acre for the first— I think we had thirteen acres originally." </ref>. | The cannery was bought by [[Stapleton-Spence]] in the 1970's for the machinery<ref>About Stapleton-Spence: [http://www.stapleton-spence.com/about-stapleton.php stapleton-spence.com]. "Stapleton-Spence purchased Woelfell Canning in Cupertino and soon consolidated operations. With equipment from the Woelfell plant, Gangi Brothers and Safeway, Stapleton-Spence built a prune juice plant."</ref>. The land was later sold to Measurex, a company using radiation to do high-speed measurements of paper thickness in paper plants<ref>Bancroft Library, [http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/roho/ucb/text/bossen_dave.pdf EARLY BAY AREA VENTURE CAPITALISTS: SHAPING THE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LANDSCAPE]. Oral history interview. "Anyway, she located the space, and it belonged to a nice little old lady, who I suppose has passed away now, by the name of Blanche B. Woelffel. She owned thirty-five acres in Cupertino, and she had a factory there that produced tomato paste. She had an evaporator and one big building, and she was growing tomatoes and plums on this property… Well, she had inherited it from her husband who had just died. She sold it to us, and we paid an exorbitant amount, I thought—$50,000 an acre for the first— I think we had thirteen acres originally." </ref>. | ||
Revision as of 17:42, 6 February 2014
| Business |
Cannery |
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| Main Location |
Cupertino, CA |
The Woelffel Cannery was a canner in Monta Vista on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, in operation from the 1920's through 1978[1] The plant was along the railroad tracks just south of Stevens Creek Road. Woelffel supposedly produced tomato paste[2].
Richard Woelffel lived at 322 E. San Salvador in San Jose in 1902, with his son who was in law school.
The cannery was bought by Stapleton-Spence in the 1970's for the machinery[3]. The land was later sold to Measurex, a company using radiation to do high-speed measurements of paper thickness in paper plants[4]. Photos and plans of the Monta Vista plant are in the Library of Congress's Historic Architecture and Building Survey[5].
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cupertino | -1970s | 10120 Imperial Avenue |
Photos
Woelffel Cannery from Imperial Ave.
References
- ↑ Steve Hill, 1970 to Present: St. Joseph of Cupertino monthly flyer, September 2011.
- ↑ Bancroft Library, EARLY BAY AREA VENTURE CAPITALISTS: SHAPING THE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LANDSCAPE.
- ↑ About Stapleton-Spence: stapleton-spence.com. "Stapleton-Spence purchased Woelfell Canning in Cupertino and soon consolidated operations. With equipment from the Woelfell plant, Gangi Brothers and Safeway, Stapleton-Spence built a prune juice plant."
- ↑ Bancroft Library, EARLY BAY AREA VENTURE CAPITALISTS: SHAPING THE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LANDSCAPE. Oral history interview. "Anyway, she located the space, and it belonged to a nice little old lady, who I suppose has passed away now, by the name of Blanche B. Woelffel. She owned thirty-five acres in Cupertino, and she had a factory there that produced tomato paste. She had an evaporator and one big building, and she was growing tomatoes and plums on this property… Well, she had inherited it from her husband who had just died. She sold it to us, and we paid an exorbitant amount, I thought—$50,000 an acre for the first— I think we had thirteen acres originally."
- ↑ "Woelffel Cannery: Historic Architecture and Building Survey, Library of Congress