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There, Rauff worked as the manager of a crab cannery in Patagonia, and apparently as an interrogator in one of Pinochet’s torture centers.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
Beginning in the 1860s, canneries and food manufacturers large and small opened across the city.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Fish canning was once the primary industry in Astoria, Oregon, until the last cannery closed in the 1980s.
—Hannah Norman, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
Since its 1811 founding, Astoria has lived many lives, from cannery and shipping powerhouse to film set.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
Beginning in the 1860s, canneries and food manufacturers large and small opened across the city.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Fish canning was once the primary industry in Astoria, Oregon, until the last cannery closed in the 1980s.
—Hannah Norman, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
Since its 1811 founding, Astoria has lived many lives, from cannery and shipping powerhouse to film set.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Cannery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannery. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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