Original Site of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Dallas - Dallas, TX
N 32° 47.058 W 096° 47.117
14S E 707413 N 3629546
A Texas Historical Marker in Deep Ellum, commemorates 2628 Elm Street (now a parking lot) as the original site of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Dallas, TX.
Waymark Code: WMH4DN
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2013
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The marker text says:
One of the first companies in the nation granted franchise rights for the distribution of Coca-Cola in bottles, the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Dallas produced the city's first bottle of Coca-Cola on this site on June 10, 1902. J.T. Lupton of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was the principal owner, with an initial investment of $5,000. Three employees handled the entire operation. They were: R.D. Twinam, company manager; Mr. Dixon, the bookkeeper; and Fred Welsh, who operated the bottling machine. The employees sold 37 cases on the first day of production and delivered them in a one-horse wagon.
In the bottling process, glass Coca-Cola bottles were filled by using a hand-operated, foot-powered machine that held two bottles, one beneath the syrup and the other under the filling head for the carbonated water, where the bottles also were capped. Bottles were reused and had to be hand-washed by putting cleaning fluid and steel pellets, similar to gunshot, into the bottles and shaking them vigorously.
By 1905, sales of Coca-Cola had increased such that the company moved the bottling plant to 1800 Wood Street. From its small beginnings here in Deep Ellum, the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Dallas, later renamed the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of North Texas, grew to more than 2,600 employees in 19 locations by its centennial in Dallas in 2002. (2002)
Plate on reverse:
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of North Texas
This marker commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of North Texas.
Celebrating its centennial year of bringing refreshment to North Texas [painted over]. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of North Texas dedicates this marker in honor of its employees, customers, and the community it serves.
Are you a Coca Cola Collector?: no
What Collectibles do you own? optional:
I'm not a collector, but I'm proud of the old Coca Cola serving tray I have, with the woman on the dock, fishing pole in hand, enjoying a Coke. "Grandma" had one of these in her kitchen when I was young.
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