Conchtimes
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So this one I got through a trade. Unfortunately I had to give up the blue medicine bottle from my previous post to get it but I'm good with that.
D T Sweeny came to Key West in 1874 and became the first bottler on the island. At the time there were only a few fresh water wells and springs so he put up a bottling plant on Solaris Hill. There was a huge excavation done under the building for two reasons. One was for storage space and the other was for two cisterns that were necessary to hold the water for his soda water. The building is gone but the excavation is still there, I have been on the property and it's an amazing sight!!
D T Sweeny came to Key West in 1874 and became the first bottler on the island. At the time there were only a few fresh water wells and springs so he put up a bottling plant on Solaris Hill. There was a huge excavation done under the building for two reasons. One was for storage space and the other was for two cisterns that were necessary to hold the water for his soda water. The building is gone but the excavation is still there, I have been on the property and it's an amazing sight!!
