Contributed by Lubec Historical Society
Description
American Can Company facilities in Lubec. The stack identifies the boiler house in foreground. The factory whistle rises on a pipe at the left of the stack. Note the wooden coal bin to the rear, built over the water. The horizontal sign on front of the two-story building reads “American Can Co. Office.” Rackwork appears to carry a water pipe above Commercial Street to the boiler house; a water tank existed high on the bluff rising at the extreme left. This canning plant opened in 1908, fabricating cans for the fish packing industry in the region. At its peak (and much enlarged) American turned out 350 million cans a year...almost a million a day. The plant shut down in 1972.
About This Item
- Title: American Can Company, Lubec, ca. 1915
- Creation Date: circa 1915
- Subject Date: circa 1915
- Location: Lubec, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.8 cm x 12.4 cm
- Local Code: 42 jpg
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Canned foods industry--Maine--Lubec
- Container industry--Maine--Lubec
- American Can Company
- Fishing industry--Maine--Lubec
- Factories--Maine--Lubec
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Lubec Historical Society135 Main Street, Lubec, ME 04652
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