Libby’s Water Tower
A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world’s largest cannery
In 1906, Libby, McNeil, & Libby, a Chicago-based meat-packing company, opened its first fruit-packing factory in Sunnyvale. It quickly become the largest employer in Sunnyvale and, by 1922, the largest cannery in the world. The factory closed in 1985
