American Can Company - Revision history

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 The '''American Can Company''' was the dominant can-making company in the United States, created around 1900 through the purchase of many small regional can-makers.<ref>American Can Company: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pr4gAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA820&ots=QP7eh-IXS_&dq=%22great%20western%20can%22%20san%20jose&pg=PA820#v=onepage&q=%22great%20western%20can%22%20san%20jose&f=false 1912 Moody's Manual of Investments].  List of plants and original merged companies.</ref>.  In San Jose, American Can bought out the local [[Great Western Can Company]] in 1901.
-American Can's dominant position in the market and the time-critical need for cans meant that factories often ran all year to stockpile cans for seasons of particular crops.  If the company did not produce, canners could be in serious trouble<ref>[[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=SFC19010802.2.7&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-%22american+can%22+%22san+jose%22----# San Francisco Call August 2, 1901].  Mentions the can company's shutdown is causing problems.</ref>.
+American Can's dominant position in the market and the time-critical need for cans meant that factories often ran all year to stockpile cans for seasons of particular crops.  If the company did not produce, canners could be in serious trouble<ref>[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=SFC19010802.2.7&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-%22american+can%22+%22san+jose%22----# San Francisco Call August 2, 1901].  Mentions the can company's shutdown is causing problems.</ref>.
 The company merged with other producers and was known as [[National Can]] Company by 1991.

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 | San Francisco || 1901 || Battery and Lombard  || Became [[Merchants Ice and Cold Storage]]<Ref>William Kaufman and Michelle Kaufman, "The State Belt: San Francisco's Waterfront Railroad".  p.85.</ref>.
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-| San Francisco || 1916- || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kentucky%20and%2020th,San%20Francisco Kentucky and 20th] ||
+| San Francisco || 1916- || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kentucky%20and%2020th,San%20Francisco Kentucky and 20th] || Closed in the late 1980's<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-18/news/mn-616_1_crack-house/3 Inner-City Despair Yields a Legacy of Crime, Crack].  Los Angeles Times, July 18, 1990.  "Not all addicts are poor. McKinley Parker, 40, had three years of college education and a $14.50-an-hour job as a lithographer at the American Can Co. in the San Francisco area a few years ago when he heard that the plant would close in a year."</ref>.
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 | San Francisco || 1944<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=I_g4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA328&lpg=PA328&dq=%22pacific+can+company%22&source=bl&ots=0NgEA690VE&sig=ZlJTwM_zKq0a_MvbcayVQJ1-YTg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLvObphsLQAhVnr1QKHSYRDgo4ChDoAQg3MAg#v=onepage&q=%22pacific%20can%20company%22&f=false Executive Order 9466 authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to take possession and operate the plants and facilities of certain machine shop companies."]  1944.</ref>. || 499 Alabama St. || Machine shop.

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 | San Francisco || 1916- || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kentucky%20and%2020th,San%20Francisco Kentucky and 20th] ||
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 | San Jose ||1919-|| [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=198%20Martha%20at%205th,San%20Jose 198 Martha at 5th] ||

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 | primary_town = New Jersey
 | primary_dates = 1901-?
-| predecessors = [[Great Western Can Company]]
+| predecessors = [[Great Western Can Company]] and many others.
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 | Oakland || 1969<ref>[http://www.sfgenealogy.com/oaklanddirectory/1969/1969_125.pdf 1969 Polk's City Directory].</ref> || 3801 East 6th Street || Near Fruitvale Del Monte Cannery?
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-| San Francisco || 1901 || ||
+| San Francisco || 1901 || Battery and Lombard  || Became [[Merchants Ice and Cold Storage]]<Ref>William Kaufman and Michelle Kaufman, "The State Belt: San Francisco's Waterfront Railroad".  p.85.</ref>.
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 | San Francisco || 1916- || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kentucky%20and%2020th,San%20Francisco Kentucky and 20th] ||

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 | Monterey || 1937-1954 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ocean%20View%20at%20Dewey,Monterey Ocean View at Dewey] ||
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 | San Francisco || 1901 || ||

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 American Can's dominant position in the market and the time-critical need for cans meant that factories often ran all year to stockpile cans for seasons of particular crops.  If the company did not produce, canners could be in serious trouble<ref>[[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=SFC19010802.2.7&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-%22american+can%22+%22san+jose%22----# San Francisco Call August 2, 1901].  Mentions the can company's shutdown is causing problems.</ref>.
-The company was known as [[National Can]] Company by 1991.
+The company merged with other producers and was known as [[National Can]] Company by 1991.
 ==American Can Company In San Jose==
-American Can Company's plant in San Jose was on Martha Street at Fifth Street:
+American Can Company's plant in San Jose was on Martha Street at Fifth Street.  The plant opened in 1912.  American Can had intended to set up shop in Oakland, but San Jose's Chamber of Commerce strongly argued for the can factory in San Jose near the canneries<ref>Canneries Look Forward to World-Wide Business by Elmer Chase, [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_fsxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PeQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4760%2C2719886 March 7, 1919 San Jose Evening News].</ref>.
 "The American Can Company, a branch of the great New Jersey Company,
 has a plant on Martha Street, which takes in an entire block. This
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 throughout the greater portion of the year. The plant was located in
 San Jose in 1912. In 1919 the company's output was over 10,000,000
-cans. John S. Reed is the superintendent."<ref>American Can Company: In [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist30.htm History of Santa Clara].  Historical Record Co., 1922</ref>.
+cans. John S. Reed is the superintendent."
 A warehouse was added in 1951<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19510815&id=MU4_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=9U4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1392,3728000 Lodi News] Lodi News</ref>.
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 [http://www.ilwu19.com/history/photo/8742.htm Seattle factory]
-==Details==
+==References==
 [[Category:Maywood, IL]]
 [[Category:Monterey]]

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 [[Category:Monterey]]
 [[Category:San Francisco]]
-[[Category:San Jose]]
+[[Category:Fourth Street San Jose]]
 [[Category:Seattle]]
 [[Category:Stockton]]
 [[Category:Can Maker]]

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 | San Jose ||1919-|| [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=198%20Martha%20at%205th,San%20Jose 198 Martha at 5th] ||
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-| San Jose || 1984 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1598%20South%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 1598 South First Street] ||
+| San Jose || 1984 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1598%20South%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 1598 South First Street] || [[Sun Garden Packing]] buildings.
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 | Seattle || 1934 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Railroad%20Avenue%20at%20piers.,Seattle Railroad Avenue at piers.] ||