page_title: Salmon cannery
hierarchical_section_title: Salmon cannery
caption_attribution_description: English: Sketch of the Pacific Coast's first salmon cannery, constructed in Sacramento in 1864, was prepared for the "Pacific Fisherman" magazine in 1903. The artist worked under the direction of C. W. Hume, one of the founders of the cannery.
context_page_description: A salmon cannery is a factory that commercially cans salmon. It is a fish-processing industry that became established on the Pacific coast of North America during the 19th century, and subsequently expanded to other parts of the world that had easy access to salmon.
context_section_description: A salmon cannery is a factory that commercially cans salmon. It is a fish-processing industry that became established on the Pacific coast of North America during the 19th century, and subsequently expanded to other parts of the world that had easy access to salmon.
caption: The first salmon cannery was established in North America in 1864 on a barge in the Sacramento River.
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