KWASS BOTTLING WORKS

The Kwass Bottling Works shows up in the Bluefield city directory in 1915-16 as being located on Railroad Avenue near Center Street.(1) The bottling works actually stood on the Kwass Brothers Ice Factory property, which in 1908 was the Pocahontas Ice Co. This property sat between Laurel Creek and the Passenger Depot and actually had a railroad spur running by it. The city directory lists Solomon Kwass and Norman Kwass as owning the business, and also a saloon on St. Clair Street.(1) They do not appear in the 1919 directory so I assume they are no longer in operation.(1) I do know that they bottled whiskey as well as sodas, particularly one called Poka Cola.

This Funeral Home now sits on the location of the Kwass Bottling Works.

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