SODAPOPBOB
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I scanned this page from David Graci's 2003 book titled ...
"Soda and Beer BOTTLE CLOSURES 1850-1910"
Notice I underlined in red where it says ...
"Hand and Knee Bottling"
and ...
"200 dozen bottles a day"
~ * ~
Which suggest to me that even if a bottler didn't have the latest, fancy equipment, he could still fill quite a few bottles in a single day. Maybe the Augusta, Georgia Coca Cola bottler had one of these "hand operated bottle filling machines" to handle special orders for special customers. Also notice where it talks about inserting a cork with a wooden mallet.
I had to reduce the size of this image in order to post it, so you might have to increase your zoom to read it.
"Soda and Beer BOTTLE CLOSURES 1850-1910"
Notice I underlined in red where it says ...
"Hand and Knee Bottling"
and ...
"200 dozen bottles a day"
~ * ~
Which suggest to me that even if a bottler didn't have the latest, fancy equipment, he could still fill quite a few bottles in a single day. Maybe the Augusta, Georgia Coca Cola bottler had one of these "hand operated bottle filling machines" to handle special orders for special customers. Also notice where it talks about inserting a cork with a wooden mallet.
I had to reduce the size of this image in order to post it, so you might have to increase your zoom to read it.