Editing Cannery Row (section)

==History==
The first sardine cannery opened on Valentine's Day, 1908. Others joined it, and profited during the two World Wars, but a sardine shortage led to their failure. Entrepreneurs subsequently resurrected Cannery Row as a tourist attraction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Canneries |url=https://canneryrow.com/our-story/the-canneries/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Cannery Row |language=en-US}}</ref>

Cannery Row was the setting of John Steinbeck's novels ''[[Cannery Row (novel)|Cannery Row]]'' (1945) and ''[[Sweet Thursday]]'' (1954). Both were the basis for the 1982 movie ''[[Cannery Row (film)|Cannery Row]]'', starring [[Nick Nolte]] and [[Debra Winger]].  It is also mentioned in [[Bob Dylan]]'s song "[[Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands]]".

[[Pacific Biological Laboratories]], a biological supply house, was located at 800 Ocean View Avenue (now 800 Cannery Row) from 1928 to 1948, and operated by [[Ed Ricketts|Edward F. Ricketts]], who was the inspiration for several characters in Steinbeck novels. The laboratory is still preserved.{{when|date=June 2024}} Across from the laboratory still exists a Chinese-American-owned store mentioned in both ''Cannery Row'' and ''[[Sweet Thursday]]'', as well as a vacant lot that was the "home" of some of the homeless characters in the novel.{{when|date=June 2024}} The former reflects Chinese American history in the area, starting with Chinese immigrants who entered the fishing industry, exporting seafood and abalone shells to China, Europe, and other parts of the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/dec22/in-search-of-ancestors.html |title=In Search of Ancestors: A Scientist's Lifelong Search for Family, Fishing, and Fortitude along Monterey's Coast |date=December 2022 |first1=Hans |last1=Van Tilburg |website=NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries |first2=Elizabeth |last2=Moore}}</ref> At 851 Cannery Row, across from Pacific Biological Laboratories, is the original building that inspired the bar from the novel named La Ida Cafe.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bookoblivion.com/2019/11/07/john-steinbeck-cannery-row-literary-tour/ | title=John Steinbeck's Cannery Row Literary Tour | date=7 November 2019 }}</ref>

[[File:Rickettslabfront.jpg|thumb|left|The Pacific Biological Laboratories of [[Ed Ricketts]] on Cannery Row]]

Cannery Row was adjoined by a grand mansion owned by Montana mining tycoon [[James Andrew Murray]]. Known as "Casa de las Olas" or the Murray Hacienda, the mansion was demolished in the 1940s to make way for the expansion of more canneries. A historical marker is located on the site.<ref>{{Cite book|title=James A. Murray : Butte's radical Irish millionaire|last=Farley|first=Bill|isbn=9780878426829|location=Missoula, Montana|oclc=1019743586|date = 2018-03-10}}</ref> The canneries failed after the collapse of the [[fishing]] industry in [[Monterey Bay]] in the mid-1950s, which resulted from a combination of factors, including unfavorable oceanic conditions, [[overfishing]], and competition from other species.<ref>{{cite book |title= Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Food Watch Pacific Sardine Report |date= March 11, 2013 |publisher= Monterey Bay Aquarium |url= http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/content/media/mba_seafoodwatch_pacificsardinereport.pdf |accessdate= September 19, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060216/http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/content/media/mba_seafoodwatch_pacificsardinereport.pdf |archive-date= September 21, 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref> In his investigation of where the sardines had gone, Ed Ricketts finally concluded "They're in cans." Before the collapse, the fishery was one of the most productive in the world due to the [[upwelling]] of cold yet [[nutrient]]-rich water along the California coastline.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02quest/background/upwelling/upwelling.html|title=NOAA Ocean Explorer: Sanctuary Quest: Background|website=oceanexplorer.noaa.gov}}</ref>

[[image:MontereyBayAquariumSteamPots.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Old Hovden Cannery steam boilers]]