| The invention of an
automated bottling process in the 1920s helped
spark a national soft drink craze. Who invented this process?
Where
was the first automated bottling company located? |
 |
Mason
County native Michael Owens invented an automatic bottling machine.
He introduced the process to the Owens Illinois Bottling Company
plant in the Kanawha City section of Charleston in 1923. For many
years, this facility was the largest bottling factory in the
world. |
| This green
glass 7UP bottle has molded on it "7UP Bottle Co., Charleston,
W.VA., ca.
mid 1900s. Donated by Leon McCoy of Chapmanville. Mu 94-86.4 This
blown molded
crown top soda bottle is labeled on the bottle "Coca-Cola
Charleston, W.VA. It was made
between 1899 and 1916. Donated by Steven Fox of St. Albans. Mu
97-4.52 |
