Cannery was Elgin's second biggest employer

from Echoes of Elgin: Timeless Tales from the Elgin History Museum · host Elgin History Museum

You have heard about Elgin's largest employer, the watch factory, but who was #2? The Elgin Packing Company was! Let's hear it for the west side in this echo from December 20, 1982.

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