History and chronology of soft drinks (England, general, Washington, state)
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This schedule accompanies Introduction to Pop - The history of soft drinks
Soft drinks are, by definition, beverages, drinks are. Soft drinks are also used as referees soda, pop, pop, or tonic.
1798 The "soda" first coined term.
1810 First U.S. Patent for the manufacture of imitation mineral water production.
1819 The "soda fountain" patented by Samuel Fahnestock.
1835 The first use soda bottles into the joint filling the U.S. to help your work.
1850, a manual and hand-foot filling and corking device, first used for bottling soda water.
1851 Ginger ale created in Ireland.
1861 The term "pop" first coined.
1874 The first ice cream soda sold.
1876 Root Beer mass-produced for sale to the public.
1881 The first cola-flavored beverage introduced.
1885 Charles Aderton invented "Dr Pepper" in Waco, Texas. Beer filling machine is efficient and useful.
1886 Dr. John S. Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia.
1892 William Painter invented the bottle cap crown.
1898 "Pepsi-Cola" is invented by Caleb Bradham.
1899 The first patent for a machine for blowing glass used to produce glass bottles on the screen.
1913 has led to gas trucks replaced horse-drawn carriages as delivery vehicles.
1919 The U.S. soft drink bottler formed.Can filler seamer is a good helper in manufacturing.
1920 The U.S. Census reported that more than 5,000 bottlers now exist.
In early 1920, the first machines distributed sodas into cups.
1923 Six-pack soft drink cartons called "Hom-Paks" created. monoblock rinser filler capper keep the machine clean.
1929, the company debuted the new Howdy drink "Bib-Label lithiated lemon-lime soda" later "7 Up". Invented by Charles Leiper Grigg.
In 1934, color labels applied first used on beverage bottles, the coloring was baked on the side of the bottle.
1952 The first diet soft drinks sold as "No-Cal Beverage" a ginger ale with cherry sold.
1957 The first use of aluminum cans.
1959 The first diet cola sales. Carbonated soft drinks filling machine can help produce soft drinks.
1962 The first ring-pull by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company Pittsburgh, PA markets. The pull ring tab was invented by Alcoa.
1963 The slot Brewing Company, the "Pop Top" beer can led the nation in March, Ermal Fraze invented in Kettering, Ohio. Use the E liquid instead of the normal cigarette, to maintain your health.
1965 Soft drinks in cans dispensed from vending machines.
1965 The resealable top invented. Juice filling machine will give you a surprise in production.
1966 The U.S. soft drink bottler renamed The National Soft Drink Association.
1970 Plastic bottles are used for soft drinks.
1973 PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle created.
1974 The party invented the tab. Presented by the Falls Brewing Company in Louisville, KY.
1979 Mello Yello soft drink is made by the Coca Cola competition against Mountain Dew.
1981 The "talking" vending machine invented.
1962 the pull ring littered everywhere and was dangerous because people would cut their foot at the beach from pull rings in the sand, or swallow them if they dropped the pull ring inside the can before they started drinking. bad stuff. That goodness the Pop Top came about a year later.
For a short while, I was at a location where we had to fill that type of machine that dispensed sodas into cups. O.M.G.!!! I NEVER used a similar machine after that. I can't imagine how they ever passed even rudimentary health inspections.
So why does the Midwestern US use the British term "pop" rather than "soda" like most of the US? Canada obviously adapted "pop" because of its use in the UK, but why did it spread to the states on the other side of the Great Lakes? Sure, there's the proximity factor, but the Midwest doesn't use UK spellings just because Canada uses them.
So why does the Midwestern US use the British term "pop" rather than "soda" like most of the US? Canada obviously adapted "pop" because of its use in the UK, but why did it spread to the states on the other side of the Great Lakes? Sure, there's the proximity factor, but the Midwest doesn't use UK spellings just because Canada uses them.
I grew up with other, "cold drink".
Anyway and interesting map on the pop vs soda usage.
Didn't know Washington was a "pop" state although the proximity to Canada would explain it.
I was under the impression Oregon was a "soda" state, maybe because so much of Portland's population is from California? Although that map puts Portland in the "pop" zone of OR rather than the "soda" zone.
Interesting that there are "coke" areas in rural inland California, but the considerable historical links between Texas and rural California would explain that.
Given history one would expect New England to be a "pop" zone outside of its big cities but it's not.
BTW what does the French speaking population of Quebec (which bleeds into upper New England) call soda?
When I was a kid I loved those dispensers where the pop was in a tank of cold water held between metal bars, and you put in your quarter and maneuvered your pop to the metal release and pulled it out like a fish from water.
Didn't know Washington was a "pop" state although the proximity to Canada would explain it.
I was under the impression Oregon was a "soda" state, maybe because so much of Portland's population is from California? Although that map puts Portland in the "pop" zone of OR rather than the "soda" zone.
Interesting that there are "coke" areas in rural inland California, but the considerable historical links between Texas and rural California would explain that.
Given history one would expect New England to be a "pop" zone outside of its big cities but it's not.
BTW what does the French speaking population of Quebec (which bleeds into upper New England) call soda?
The usual term is "boisson gazeuse", but you also hear the colloquial "liqueur" or "liqueur douce" (soft liqueur or drink).
Note that "liqueur" in France refers to an alcoholic beverage, which can sometimes cause confusion.
The highest salary Ty Cobb was paid as a player for one season was 40 K. In the last decade of his life his annual income was a quarter of a million dollars. He was a multi millionare when he died and this was the product of his having been one of the early investors in the little known (at the time) Coca Cola Bottling Company of Atlanta. Cobb also did promotional work for them and eventually amassed 24,000 shares in the company.
Cobb, for all his spit and fury, was quite the good businessman, investing also in General Motors and General Electric.
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bad stuff. That goodness the Pop Top came about a year later.
