The above is a photograph of the bottling unit of Wm. Scheele & Sons, 504 Harrison street. This has the latest and most modern equipmnent and has a wonderful piece of machinery, that washes, fills, sterilizes and crowns 80 bottles a minute. This equipment is of the latest design, and works perfectly.
In 1922 Wm. Scheele & Sons used 175,000 pounds of sugar. The city of Fort Wayne consumed from this factory 2,561.976 bottles of Scheele beverages.
They have seven trucks and they used during the year 9,500 gallons of gas.
They distributed 216,000 bottles of Green Seal Beverage in Fort Wayne and the surrounding territory consumed 1,241,322 bottles of their products. This is a wonderful showing for this concern.
SCHEELE & SONS OPENS BRANCH A branch office of William Scheele & Sons company, of Fort Wayne, Ind., distributor of bottled soft drinks, has been opened in South Bend at 101 West Garst street. The company features Pepsi-Cola and a general line of soft drinks. Milton Albert Roehrs is in charge.
A January 14, 2023 post with photos on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook with photos stated: Unopened soda bottle from the Scheele Company. The William Scheele & Sons Bottling Company operated (in Fort Wayne) from 1893 until it was sold in 1980 to the New York-based RKO General Inc. Their factory was located at 127 Harrison Street. They bottled a variety of colas and sodas under the Scheele brand name.
CITY OF FORT WAYNE TO ACQUIRE PEPSICO FACILITY FOR FUTURE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENTMay 25, 2022 - As part of the vision to create a dynamic riverfront transformation, the Fort Wayne City Council approved an agreement with P-Americas, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc, (Pepsi) to acquire its 6.4 acres located in the heart of the Riverfront area. The acquisition of the 6.4 acres, which includes the distribution facility, located at 1207 N. Harrison St., will be for $4.5 million. The Redevelopment Commission’s vision for the property is utilize it to attract new private investments that will bring additional revenue to the city, providing a more compatible use to the adjacent neighborhoods and public investment in the Riverfront public space areas. was at City of Fort Wayne now on Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
I'm excited to unveil the next phase of Riverfront Development: The Treeline District.
Thanks to the visionary leadership of the late Mayor Tom Henry, our riverfront has evolved into a cherished destination. The Treeline District is set to elevate the enthusiasm we're currently experiencing here in Fort Wayne.
Today, Mayor Sharon Tucker and Browning Real Estate Partners announced a major redevelopment of the former Pepsi warehouse site along the north side of the St. Marys River.
The project, to be named the Treeline District, will transform the north side of Riverfront Fort Wayne with public spaces, 250 apartments, and a parking garage.
The History of Green River Soft Drink. Green River pop (a midwestern term for soda, soda-pop, or soft drink) was introduced to Midwesterners in 1919, just as Congress passed the 18th Amendment establishing Prohibition. Green River soda was first created in 1916 in Davenport, Iowa, by Richard C. Jones, who owned a local confectionary shop. Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal. It is still sold in Chicago. This page says the soda pop name inspired the singer John Fogerty's song title "Green River."
Green River (song) on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia under Background states: Fogerty added that the "actual specific reference, 'Green River,' I got from a soda pop-syrup label... My flavor was called Green River."[9]
In 1955 the name was changed to Royal Crown Cola. The Chero-Cola Story The Chero-Cola company was founded in 1905 in Columbus, Georgia, by Claud A. Hatcher, a pharmacist. Columbus Collective Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
