The American Can Company of Utah Building Complex, now known as the AmeriCan Center, is a historic industrial site located in Ogden City, Utah. It was built in 1914 by the

American Can Company The American Can Company was a manufacturer of tin cans. It was a member of the Tin Can Trust, that controlled a "large percentage of business in the United States in tin cans, containers, and packages of tin." American Can Company ranked 97th amon ...

. By the late 1940s, the plant employed 450 people and produced millions of cans for pea, potato, green bean and fruit crop farmers in Weber County. For a while, the company also manufactured steel beer cans. The company switched to making steel soft drink cans in the 1950s, but closed in 1979 with the advent of aluminum cans. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2005. It has since been converted to commercial space consisting of the U.S. headquarters of

Amer Sports Amer Sports Oyj is a Finnish sporting goods retailer and holding company overseeing equipment brands Salomon, Arc'teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic, Suunto, Wilson, Armada, ENVE Composites, Louisville Slugger, DeMarini, and Sports Tracker.

and the

DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts is a charter school district consisting of several campuses. It serves students of grades K-12 located in northern Utah. The main campus, including the administrative headquarters, is located in Ogden, Ut ...

.AmeriCan Center in Ogden an industrious example of can-do attitude; former canning plant houses charter school, businesses
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Utah's Canning Industry
Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places Industrial buildings completed in 1914 Buildings and structures in Ogden, Utah Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah Utah Building Complex National Register of Historic Places in Weber County, Utah {{Utah-struct-stub

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