The Rise And Decline Of The Olympia Oyster 



thirty openers. It had a roomy office, well furnished; an 

 ice box sufficient in size to refrigerate all oysters on 

 hand at any time, either in the shell or opened stock; a 

 large packing room where shucked stock was washed, 

 packed and prepared for shipment; and storage room 

 overhead for storage of box lumber, cans and containers. 

 This was an up-to-date, and much above the average, 

 oyster plant for that time. 



At the rear of the plant was a shipping dock where 

 the boats bringing the oysters could land, unload the 

 oysters, and load any freight that was to be sent back to 

 the beds. 



This plant satisfied the needs of the J. J. Brenner Oys- 

 ter Co. until about the year 1927. Jack Brenner had been 

 dreaming about a new and up to the minute packing 

 plant for years. That dream came true in 1928. His 

 company owned the adjoining land, so he moved the old 

 plant over onto it and continued to use it while construct- 

 ing the new one. By that time the dredging in the Bay 

 had been done and all the lots adjacent to the channel in- 

 cluding the Brenner property, had been filled. The new 

 building was a two story concrete structure, and was 

 large and modern in every detail, constructed especially 

 for the sanitary opening, packing, and shipping of oys- 

 ters. 



This plant was used until 1951 when for many reasons 

 it was decided that the packing plant should be located at 

 the heart of the oyster production on Oyster Bay. By that 

 time the transportation condition had entirely changed. 

 Cement pavements had been constructed almost to the 

 point where it was decided to build. Trucks had come 



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