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The city has a population of roughly 800 people and was known for its canneries to supplement the surrounding agricultural suppliers, but have since closed.
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Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
In a Texas border town wasteland, circa 2038, reading has been outlawed and a powerful big tech tycoon has forced all mothers to toil at a toxic fish cannery.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Over 100 Kids Were Illegally Employed in Dangerous Meat-Packing Plant Jobs
Efforts to protect child workers started in the early 20th century, with exposés of youngsters laboring in mines, factories, and canneries and performing long hours of field labor.
—Janet Golden / Made By History, TIME, 23 May 2024
Pembroke was a 19th-century industrial center with shipyards, sawmills, an ironworks, and sardine canneries.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
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Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
In a Texas border town wasteland, circa 2038, reading has been outlawed and a powerful big tech tycoon has forced all mothers to toil at a toxic fish cannery.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Over 100 Kids Were Illegally Employed in Dangerous Meat-Packing Plant Jobs
Efforts to protect child workers started in the early 20th century, with exposés of youngsters laboring in mines, factories, and canneries and performing long hours of field labor.
—Janet Golden / Made By History, TIME, 23 May 2024
Pembroke was a 19th-century industrial center with shipyards, sawmills, an ironworks, and sardine canneries.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
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“Cannery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannery. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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