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United States historic place
Calpak Plant No. 11
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Photograph of Calpak Plant No. 11Calpak Plant No. 11 in 2015, showing the non-historic canopy addition at the main entry
Calpak Plant No. 11 is located in Sacramento, CaliforniaCalpak Plant No. 11Show map of Sacramento, CaliforniaCalpak Plant No. 11 is located in CaliforniaCalpak Plant No. 11Show map of CaliforniaCalpak Plant No. 11 is located in the United StatesCalpak Plant No. 11Show map of the United States
Location1721 C Street
Sacramento, California
Coordinates38°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
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 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

History

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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "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. ^ "C Street Industrial Historic District Plan" (PDF).
National Register of Historic Places in Sacramento County, California
§ - Removed but formerly an NRHP listing.
† - Shared between Yolo and Sacramento Counties.
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