Calpak Plant No. 11

United States historic place
Calpak Plant No. 11
Photograph of Calpak Plant No. 11
Calpak Plant No. 11 in 2015, showing the non-historic canopy addition at the main entry
38°35′09″N 121°28′49″W / 38.585830°N 121.480407°W / 38.585830; -121.480407
Area5.6 acres (2.3 ha)
Built1925
ArchitectPhilip Bush
NRHP reference No.84000939[1]
Added to NRHPMay 17, 1984

The Calpak Plant No. 11 in Sacramento, California, is a building built in 1925. Calpak (later renamed "Del Monte Foods") constructed the building as a fruit cannery but it is now used by Blue Diamond Almonds[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

History

The plant was designed by Calpak's Engineering Department Chief, Philip Bush.[1] When it was built, it was one of the largest fruit canneries in the world.[1] The plant contained 250,000 square feet and had a 100,000 square foot warehouse area.[1] At its peak, the plant employed 2,500 workers, who were mostly women.[3] By the time Plant No. 11 had opened, Calpak had also become the largest packing and canning company in the world.[1] The plant packed peaches, pears, tomatoes, pumpkin, squash, spinach, carrots and beets.[1]

Calpak had four Del Monte canneries located in Sacramento and only Calpak Plant No. 11 survives.[4] Blue Diamond Growers purchased the plant from the California Packing Company in 1982.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Burg, William (2011-03-11). "Sacramento's Canneries: the Other Half of Our Industrial heritage". Midtown Monthly: Sacramento & Beyond. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  3. ^ "The Big Tomato". Midtown Sacramento.
  4. ^ a b "C Street Industrial Historic District Plan" (PDF).
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† - Shared between Yolo and Sacramento Counties.
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