Calpak Plant No. 11

Calpak Plant No. 11
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Calpak Plant No. 11 in 2015, showing the non-historic canopy addition at the main entry
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Location	1721 C Street Sacramento, California
Coordinates	38°35′09″N121°28′49″W / 38.585830°N 121.480407°W / 38.585830; -121.480407
Area	5.6 acres (2.3 ha)
Built	1925
Architect	Philip Bush
NRHP reference No.	84000939 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 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

• History of Sacramento Cannery Industry
• List of canneries

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Burg, William (March 11, 2011). "Sacramento's Canneries: the Other Half of Our Industrial heritage". Midtown Monthly: Sacramento & Beyond . Retrieved September 10, 2014.
3. "The Big Tomato". Midtown Sacramento.
4. "C Street Industrial Historic District Plan" (PDF).