Walnut Creek Canning Company
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Walnut Creek |
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 1921 Canning Age magazine. R. Enea was the superintendent in 1920[1].
They canned a variety of crops; a 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 included questions from "Mr. Davis of the Walnut Creek Canning Company". 1948 meeting notes suggest the company was along Lacassie Ave.[2].
Owned by the Davis Canning Company according to a 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 January 11, 1953 Oakland Tribune article noted that Mr. Davis lived in Piedmont.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Creek | 1920 | Probably along Sacramento Northern railway because of catenary wires visible in plant photo. |
Photos
Contra Costa Historical Society has several photos online: interior, office, loading dock, and railroad tracks in 1920, and plant photo.
References
- ↑ Advertisement, October 1920 Contra Costa Farm Bureau Monthly.
- ↑ Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, 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.".