CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #4416 | | | | | | State/Province | Western Australia |
| | | | | | Extra info | Mackays Aerated Waters Factory was established on the present site in 1928 by Francis
Charles McKay and James Thomson. McKay was a hotel keeper in Kalgoorlie until moving to
Perth in 1924. He joined James Thomson as partner in a new business in Monger Street, which
traded under the name of Mackay and Co. Thomson already operated a cordial manufacturing
business at 38-42 Monger Street.
In 1928 Mackay and Thomson established the factory on its present site at 22 Money Street. Mackay died five years
later. Thomson took up the business and retained the business’s name. Following Thomson’s
death in 1934, his son took up the business and expanded the factory premises which included
major additions in 1943. In 1962, the addition fronting Lindsay Street further extended the
premises. Around this time, Mackay and Co were licensed to bottle Pepsi-Cola and subsequently
targeted by the Coca-Cola Company for acquisition. In 1966, Coca-Cola purchased the business
interests but not the factory of Mackay and Co. The Mackay name continued to be used at the
Coca-Cola plant at 661 Newcastle Street.
After the cessation of manufacturing of soft drinks and aerated waters at Money Street the
factory was leased and later sold to Skippers Transport. In 1985, the place was resumed by
Government and leased to various organisations over the subsequent fifteen years. In early
2002, the site continues to be used as a building materials salvage yard by Earthwise Enterprises. |
| | | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | | Name 1 | MacKay's Aerated Water Co. |
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