KINGSPORT, TENN BOTTLING COMPANIES

Kingsport, TN, aka the Model City, apparently started it's life around 1905. If this is the case then they had a relationship with bottling almost since the beginning of the city. In a 1905 copy of the Bristol Harold Courier I found an article that was reporting on the building of a new large bottling plant in Kingsport, TN. I still haven't figured out exactly which plant they are referring to. It turns out that Kingsport wound up having a bottling history that would rival some of the other larger towns in the area, the only problem being that is just wasn't meant to last. With the Coca Cola bottling plant closing in the late 1960's or early 1970's, Kingsport would no longer have any bottling companies located there. That being said while there were bottling companies in Kingsport it produced an interesting array of different brands and bottles.

Tenn-Cola Bottling Company 1916

Kingsport Bottling & Candy Company / Kingsport Pepsi-Cola / Kingsport Chero-Cola / Royal Crown Bottling Company 1919-1950

Julep Bottling Company 1931-1940

Nesbitt-Fleenor Bottling Company 1940-1943

Holston Bottling Company 1941-1942

Cheer-Up Dough Boy Bottlers, Inc. / Beverages, Incorporated 1942-1948

Kingsport Bottling Company 1943-1944

Seven-Up Bottling Company 1945-1948

Nesbitts Bottling Company 1948-1957

Coca-Cola Bottling Company