West Sacramento River Walk

This is the historic site of the first salmon cannery established on the Pacific Coast. Begun in 1864 by William and George Hume and Andrew Hapgood on a barge moored to the bank, the cannery processed salmon harvested along the rivers - with gill nets and spears - as they migrated up the Sacramento and American Rivers. In comparison, most of today's salmon are harvested in the ocean before they begin to migrate back up stream.
Hapgood, Hume and Company ran the cannery for 3 years before moving on, founding major cannery operations in the Pacific Northwest. In 1882, 20 canneries worked the Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay.

As well as being delivered by land, canned salmon was delivered to various destinations in the Sacramento and San Francisco Bay areas via small boats similar to the one shown in this photo.

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First Pacific Coast Salmon Cannery
The Rivers' Flow
Hydraulic Mining
Veterans Plaza
Pony Express Bridge
Flood Control
Sacramento Skyline
Influences on the River
Tower Bridge
Pony Express River Steamer "Antelope"

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