8/4/2013
Landmark information
- Location:
Along Sacramento River Walk, near end of Waterfront Pl, opposite foot of K Street, West Sacramento - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing remains - Date First Visited:
8/4/2013 - Date Most Recently Visited:
10/7/2016 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 34.984, W 121 30.527
About this landmark
Plaque text:
First Pacific Coast Salmon Cannery
Founded in the town of Washington (Broderick), Yolo County by Hapgood, Hume, and Company in 1864, California's first salmon cannery was located on a barge moored here on the banks of the Sacramento River. This small canning operation was the beginning of the salmon canning industry on the West Coast. Salmon caught in the Sacramento River were canned by the cooker-boiler method, rather than the salt preservation method commonly used at that time. The new process allowed for wider markets and lower prices. In 1866, declining salmon runs in the Sacramento River caused Hapgood, Hume and Company to move their canning operation to the Columbia River in Oregon.