Oldest Remaining Construction - Joliet, IL
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Metro2
N 41° 31.629 W 088° 05.265
16T E 409250 N 4597849
This underground storage space is the oldest remaining construction in Joliet, Illinois...and was used for the first bottling plant for "flavored water under pressure".
Waymark Code: WMC7V6
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2011
Views: 5
Located near the Western Avenue entrance to Joliet's Bicentennial Park, the plaque at this site reads:
"This is the oldest remaining construction in
Joliet. It was the underground storage area
behind Merchants Row's store #6 (1837). It
was at this site in the 1850s that
John D. Paige became the first to bottle
flavored water under pressure, thus creating
"soda pop." In 1884 John Ranft bought him
out, later selling to the Reimer family who
continued the pop bottling business until the
buildingwas razed in 1965.
Will Joliet Becentennial Park, Inc."
County: Will
Historical Society: Will Joliet Becentennial Park, Inc."
Dedication Date: unknown
Location: near the Western Avenue entrance to Joliet's Bicentennial Park
Website: Not listed
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