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-The '''Walnut Creek Canning Company''' was a Walnut Creek-based canner operated by the [[Kirsten Packing Company]].
+The '''Walnut Creek Canning Company''' was a Walnut Creek-based canner started in 1921 by the [[Kirsten Packing Company]]<ref>Here and There in the Fruit Business: Walnut Creek to Aid Canning Plant: [https://books.google.com/books?id=NkE5AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA386&ots=i-ypNjxQc3&dq=%22kirsten%20packing%22&pg=PA386#v=onepage&q=%22kirsten%20packing%22&f=false March 5, 1921 Pacific Rural Press].  </ref>.

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 They canned a variety of crops; a [http://books.google.com/books?id=JE1PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22walnut+creek+canning+company%22&source=bl&ots=Y0XwoQZOfL&sig=lTu_ptobK4_-E_xbQwjDxW5sELk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XSABUqGJEYesjALYrYGwDg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22walnut%20creek%20canning%20company%22&f=false July 3, 1920 "The Canner"] included a report that they had canned 150 tons of cherries that season, and would be continuing with other fruits and vegetables.  Kirsten used Whiting and Company as their broker<ref>Cannery News [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA51&lpg=RA2-PA51&dq=%22walnut+creek+canning+company%22&source=bl&ots=n2YbhDLIMN&sig=I0MsWIm714XyhInuGI5DZE_1Okg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XSABUqGJEYesjALYrYGwDg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22walnut%20creek%20canning%20company%22&f=false 1921 Canning Age magazine]. </ref>
-The company must have existed into the 1950's; a 1959 Central Contra Costa Sanitary District meeting [http://weblink.centralsan.dst.ca.us/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=11398&page=3&dbid=0 included questions] from "Mr. Davis of the Walnut Creek Canning Company".  1948 meeting notes suggest the company was along Lacassie Ave.<ref>Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, [http://weblink.centralsan.dst.ca.us/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=11741&page=19&dbid=0 April 22 1948 meeting notes].  "The Locust lateral to be extended to Lacassie Ave. with the consideration of crossing Main Street at Lacassie Street rather than Ygnacio Street to eliminate the Ygnacio traffic problem.".</ref>.
 Owned by the Davis Canning Company according to a [http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/26389359/ December 13, 1955 article in the Modesto Bee], noting that Hamilton C. Davis owned both Davis Canning in Atwater and the Walnut Creek Canning Company in Walnut Creek, and was in the process of buying the Patterson Products cannery in Patterson.  A [http://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune/1953-01-11/page-41  January 11, 1953 Oakland Tribune article] noted that Mr. Davis lived in Piedmont.

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-The '''Walnut Creek Canning Company''' was a Walnut Creek-based canner.  The company was probably owned by Kirsten and Company because of reference to their broker decision in [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA51&lpg=RA2-PA51&dq=%22walnut+creek+canning+company%22&source=bl&ots=n2YbhDLIMN&sig=I0MsWIm714XyhInuGI5DZE_1Okg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XSABUqGJEYesjALYrYGwDg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22walnut%20creek%20canning%20company%22&f=false 1921 Canning Age magazine].  R. Enea was the superintendent in 1920<ref>Advertisement, [http://books.google.com/books?id=2VA_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA15&lpg=RA2-PA15&dq=%22Walnut+Creek+Canning+Company%22&source=bl&ots=gqqHsa9fEZ&sig=0oLDnnlWWEnjmiusNEDO5B-qfL4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RnnpU4SjDe3qigLjxoFI&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Walnut%20Creek%20Canning%20Company%22&f=false October 1920 Contra Costa Farm Bureau Monthly].</ref>.
+The '''Walnut Creek Canning Company''' was a Walnut Creek-based canner operated by the [[Kirsten Packing Company]].
 The company must have existed into the 1950's; a 1959 Central Contra Costa Sanitary District meeting [http://weblink.centralsan.dst.ca.us/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=11398&page=3&dbid=0 included questions] from "Mr. Davis of the Walnut Creek Canning Company".  1948 meeting notes suggest the company was along Lacassie Ave.<ref>Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, [http://weblink.centralsan.dst.ca.us/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=11741&page=19&dbid=0 April 22 1948 meeting notes].  "The Locust lateral to be extended to Lacassie Ave. with the consideration of crossing Main Street at Lacassie Street rather than Ygnacio Street to eliminate the Ygnacio traffic problem.".</ref>.

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-| Walnut Creek || 1920 || || Probably along Sacramento Northern railway because of catenary wires visible in [http://cocohistory.org/confpic.php?ID=5954 plant photo].
+| Walnut Creek || 1920 || California Blvd. at Lacassie Ave.<ref>Grace Eliza Herrier: [http://ggfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/04/grace-eliza-herrier.html George Winterton & Grace McNiff Family History].  " They came out to the Walnut Creek area and found a house to buy at 2337 Buena Vista Avenue.  Charles worked for various plumbing companies in the area.  Grace started work at the Walnut Creek Canning Company where the Target store is now located.".</ref> || Probably along Sacramento Northern railway because of catenary wires visible in [http://cocohistory.org/confpic.php?ID=5954 plant photo].
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 They canned a variety of crops; a [http://books.google.com/books?id=JE1PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22walnut+creek+canning+company%22&source=bl&ots=Y0XwoQZOfL&sig=lTu_ptobK4_-E_xbQwjDxW5sELk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XSABUqGJEYesjALYrYGwDg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22walnut%20creek%20canning%20company%22&f=false July 3, 1920 "The Canner"] included a report that they had canned 150 tons of cherries that season, and would be continuing with other fruits and vegetables.
 The company must have existed into the 1950's; a 1959 Central Contra Costa Sanitary District meeting [http://weblink.centralsan.dst.ca.us/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=11398&page=3&dbid=0 included questions] from "Mr. Davis of the Walnut Creek Canning Company".  1948 meeting notes suggest the company was along Lacassie Ave.<ref>Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, [http://weblink.centralsan.dst.ca.us/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=11741&page=19&dbid=0 April 22 1948 meeting notes].  "The Locust lateral to be extended to Lacassie Ave. with the consideration of crossing Main Street at Lacassie Street rather than Ygnacio Street to eliminate the Ygnacio traffic problem.".</ref>.
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 ==Photos==
 Contra Costa Historical Society has several photos online:
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 [http://cocohistory.org/confpic.php?ID=5111 office, loading dock, and railroad tracks in 1920], and
 [http://cocohistory.org/confpic.php?ID=5954 plant photo].

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 Walnut Creek-based canner.  Probably owned by Kirsten and Company because of reference to their broker decision in [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA51&lpg=RA2-PA51&dq=%22walnut+creek+canning+company%22&source=bl&ots=n2YbhDLIMN&sig=I0MsWIm714XyhInuGI5DZE_1Okg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XSABUqGJEYesjALYrYGwDg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22walnut%20creek%20canning%20company%22&f=false 1921 Canning Age magazine].
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