Rock Springs Bottling Plant - Macon Co., IL
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cldisme
N 39° 49.440 W 089° 01.638
16S E 326500 N 4410189
A short-lived spring water bottling plant which could not survive the death of its founder in 1916.
Waymark Code: WM6P1F
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2009
Views: 10
According to the
Macon County Conservation District, Charles Parker began to make plans in 1915 to start a business called the Rock Spring Water Company at the site of the spring to bottle and sell the water.
A concrete bottling plant was constructed adjacent to a springhouse. The plant contained a power-driven pump, compression tank, soaker tank, and a steam boiler connected to sterilizing and rinsing equipment.
"Rock Spring Water" was available from local stores starting by 1916. Sadly, the company lasted only a short time after Parker's death in 1916.
The bottling plant was secured with metal covers over its doors and windows when the property was purchased by the Macon County Conservation District.