Isaac Solomon (oysters)
American
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1861/00/00 | Isaac Solomon uses Davy's calcium chloride process at a tomato-canning plant on Chestnut Street, cutting sterilization and cooking time from 5 to 6 hours to 25 to 40 minutes and increasing factory output from 2,500 cans a day to over 20,000 cans a day. | Inventor | Canton Historic District | Baltimore, MD | Invention of Canned Food | ||
| 1865/00/00 | Flush with the financial success and technical mastery of this rapid-canning technique, Solomon opens a hyper-efficient oyster cannery Sandy Island, now known as Solomons Island. | Work | Solomons, MD | Maryland | Oyster | Invention of Canned Food | |
| 1866/00/00 | At some point, Isaac Solomon, acquires the old house on the Patuxtent River. | Home | Solomons House | Solomons, MD | |||
| 1875/00/00 | Jewish businessman, Isaac Solomon, owner of the local oyster cannery, notices that his factory workers gather after shifts to read the Bible and pray, so he donates a lot to build a proper house of worship. | Benefactor | Solomons United Methodist Church | Solomons, MD |
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