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 Brewer/bottler #3148 | | | | | | | | | | | Extra info | State operated bottling works for historic Saratoga Spring water.
The State of New York was awarded $3,200,000 by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a precursor to the New Deal, to construct the most complete and modern spa to date. Construction of the complex began in 1933. The last building in the Spa complex to be completed was the Bottling Plant, designed by Architect Dwight James Baum, in 1935. The Georgian Revival building, highlighted by its three large Palladium windows, contained sophisticated machinery that contributed to a high volume bottling operation. The plant bottled water from Hathorn, Geyser, and Coesa springs and distributed the Saratoga “cure” across the country.
The plant supported the health and educative mission of the Spa. Guides were employed during the summer months to give tours to visitors. “Dippers” offered samples of the waters and were able to discuss their healthful properties.
Examples of the types of benefits the waters were thought to provide include:
Saratoga Geyser Water: A naturally sparkling water...Prescribed by physicians because of its alkaline properties and its desirable mineral salts...May be taken at any time…
Saratoga Hathorne Water: This saline water carbonated by Nature is primarily laxative…It aids elimination through the intestinal tract…Usually taken before breakfast…
Saratoga Coesa Water: A naturally sparkling saline-alkaline water recommended by physicians for certain conditions of the gall bladder and gastro-intestinal tract…
Several factors led to the deterioration of public interest in the Saratoga Spa as a center for healing. Technical and medical advancements, such as the first successful use of the polio vaccine in 1952, and the loss of financial support by the state government in 1960 resulted in the decline of Spa. By 1970, the state was losing over 50,000 dollars a year in bottling efforts alone. In 1971, the state stopped bottling and vacated the building.
Nearly a decade after the bottling plant ceased operations, the state leased the property and bottling rights to Waters of Saratoga Springs, Inc., a private company run by Charles Sterling. After signing a ten-year lease in 1978, Waters of Saratoga Springs began bottling State Seal and Geyser water in the fall of 1980. Due to unknown circumstances, the company stopped production less than a year later, leaving a vacated building used solely for storage by the state. The bottling plant, much like the other abandoned buildings in the Spa, had become a monument of a bygone era. |
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