List of canneries

Last updated December 27, 2025

This is a list of canneries. A cannery is involved in the processes of canning, a method of preserving food in which the food contents are processed and sealed in an airtight container.

Canneries

United States

Bush Brothers Cannery - Chestnut Hill, Tennessee
Calpak Plant No. 11 – located in Sacramento, California,^[1] it was constructed as a fruit cannery, and is used by Blue Diamond Almonds
Edgett-Burnham Canning Company - former cannery in Camden, New York
Empson Cannery, Longmont, Colorado, NRHP-listed
Hovden Cannery - Monterey, California
Kake Cannery - Kake, Alaska, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
Kirkland Cannery Building - former cannery in Kirkland, Washington
Kukak Bay Cannery - former cannery in Alaska
Libby, McNeill and Libby Cannery - former cannery in Sacramento, California, NRHP-listed
Libby, McNeill and Libby Building - former cannery and processing plant in Blue Island, Illinois
Marshall J. Kinney Cannery - former cannery in Astoria, Oregon
Samuel Elmore Cannery – was a U.S. National Historic Landmark in Astoria, Oregon that was designated in 1966 but was delisted in 1993.^[2] It was the home of "Bumble Bee" brand tuna.
Thomas and Company Cannery, Gaithersburg, Maryland, NRHP-listed
Thompson Fish House, Turtle Cannery and Kraals, Key West, Florida, NRHP-listed
Wards Cove Packing Company - former cannery in Ketchikan, Alaska
W.R. Roach Cannery - former cannery in Crosswell, Michigan, NRHP-listed

British Columbia

By type

List of salmon canneries and communities

References

↑ Capace, N.; Somerset Publishers, I. (1999). Encyclopedia of California. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CALIFORNIA. Somerset Publishers. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-403-09318-2.
↑ National Park Service. "Withdrawal of Samuel Elmore Cannery: National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)". Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

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[Capace_Somerset_Publishers_1999-1] Capace, N.; Somerset Publishers, I. (1999). Encyclopedia of California. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CALIFORNIA. Somerset Publishers. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-403-09318-2.

[NPSwithdraw-2] National Park Service. "Withdrawal of Samuel Elmore Cannery: National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)". Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

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