Timmins Bottling works - Northern Ontario soda bottles

[RCO]

was at a large flea market on weekend as mentioned in another post , not really a lot of bottles there but was a couple vendors who did have some .

one of the more interesting bottles I saw was this one , its from northern Ontario mining city of Timmins , never been there before and not that familiar with timmins bottles but haven't seen this one before and didn't know there was an embossed dominion bottle from Timmins .
listing in book indicates it operated from 1931-65 but is a sub listing saying 1931-43 then another listing 1960-62 so not sure if someone tried to restart company or what , I'm assuming this was bottle they used in 30's era as it looks older .

 

[RCO]

also picked up this bottle for a couple bucks not sure its worth much , just an older/ smaller 7 oz version of the Lukinto Club bottle from Geraldton Ontario , a lot of label is faded away but some red still there

 

[RCO]

at a yard sale also found a 7 up lady swimsuit from Sault Ste Marie Ontario - bottler was Soo falls brewing co , in fairly good condition and label nice colour still . not really sure why it was called " soo " Ontario instead of Sault Ste Marie . but that's where its from

didn't pay a lot for it just though it was interesting , there aren't really a lot of 7 up's from Ontario with city names on them other than Toronto . a
lso saw a 7 up from timmins at flea market , was a newer 7 up label and said it was from Doran's Brewery in Timmins but label was mostly faded away

 

[iggyworf]

Excellent! I love the 7up.

 

[RCO]

Excellent! I love the 7up.

I already had one 7 up from the soo but its label on front was mostly faded to white so this one an upgrade . I'm not sure how many cities in Ontario have 7 up bottles with there names on them , it be interesting if someone could come up with a list of them . I can't really think of that many off hand , most of them all say " Toronto " is only city I mostly see

 

[CanadianBottles]

When I lived in BC I had one from Kenora, but sold it or gave it away because it was in such bad shape. Back then I didn't even know where Kenora was. I don't often see them with town names from Ontario. I don't know of any from Eastern Ontario.

 

[Canadacan]

The Timmins bottle is cool to see....generic yes, as I have a few from the west...that style bottle was also used with ACL's, 1930's?...maybe late 30's but I doubt it, more like 1940's early 50's.
I like that Soo 7up!....in BC the swimsuit bottles are typically marked '7up British Columbia Ltd.- Vancouver' and '7up British Columbia Ltd.- Vancouver - Victoria'...the latter shield bottles do have various bottlers, I have one marked 'Nanaimo Bottling Works'.

 

[RCO]

When I lived in BC I had one from Kenora, but sold it or gave it away because it was in such bad shape. Back then I didn't even know where Kenora was. I don't often see them with town names from Ontario. I don't know of any from Eastern Ontario.

I haven't seen the kenora one but most of the one's with city names I've seen have been from northern Ontario for some reason . found a picture online of a bottle identical to mine but from Sudbury-North Bay seven up bottling . I haven't actually found one or seen this bottle in person yet , have to keep an eye out for one

 

[RCO]

The Timmins bottle is cool to see....generic yes, as I have a few from the west...that style bottle was also used with ACL's, 1930's?...maybe late 30's but I doubt it, more like 1940's early 50's.
I like that Soo 7up!....in BC the swimsuit bottles are typically marked '7up British Columbia Ltd.- Vancouver' and '7up British Columbia Ltd.- Vancouver - Victoria'...the latter shield bottles do have various bottlers, I have one marked 'Nanaimo Bottling Works'.

I'm not exactly sure how old the timmins bottle is , the dominion bottle appeared to be used by a number of bottlers in Ontario but not necessary all at the same time , some earlier than others . I'm thinking its at least 40's era maybe late 30's , the listing in book would seem to indicate its older than 50's , I'm not really that familiar with city of timmins and not a lot of info on its bottles

 

[CanadianBottles]

It tends to be more common in remote areas for some reason, it seems. Maybe 7Up Toronto and Montreal had very wide-reaching distribution. In B.C. it's more common, off the top of my head I can think of bottles from Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, and Trail. I'm pretty sure there are more. I feel that Kelowna may have one, and there's probably at least one from northern B.C.