BRISTOL VA-TENN BOTTLING COMPANIES

Straddling the state line between Virginia and Tennessee is Bristol. If ever there was a small community with some interesting bottling history, Bristol is it. It appears that the first soda bottler in the area was J. W. Waynick who operated during the early 1890's. Then you have the arrival of Bristol Bottling Works later in the 1890's, this bottling company would later become Dixie Coca Cola Bottling Works. Then you have 1907 when Bristol had its own version of the cola wars as Dixie Coca Cola pitted itself against Rush Bottling Works (they bottled a cola. I'm not sure which brand), and new comer Holston Bottling Works (who was bottling Koca-Nola and Dr. Pepper among others), with advertising in the Bristol Herald Courier as their battlefield.

J. W. Waynick Bottling Works

Bristol / Dixie / Coca-Cola Bottling Works

Diamond Bottling Works

Rush Bottling Works

Holston Bottling Company

Bristol Bottling Works

J. C. Layman Bottling Company

Bristol Chero-Cola Bottling Company

Bristol Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company

Nu-Grape Bottling Company / Kay Bottling Works

Wyrick Mineral Spring Co.

Fox Drinkard Beverages

Nehi Bottling Company

Seven-Up Bottling Company

Tri-City Canada Dry Bottling Company