NORTON BOTTLING WORKS
NORTON PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, INC.

On September 1, 1906, T. M. Pepper sold the property of the Norton Bottling Company to F. B. Kline and leased Kline the building (1) in which the company had been operating at 245 Eighth Street. F. B. Kline renamed the company the Norton Bottling Works (1) and began production. On March 30, 1908 the Norton Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. was incorporated with F. B. Kline as President, G. D. Kilgore as Vice President, and G. C. Kline is Secretary Treasurer.(1) According to the Sanborn maps the building appears to be vacant by February 1913, and the deed of release for the bottling equipment was made by T. M. Pepper.

It appears that F. B. Kline may just be the creator of Loco Kola which was mentioned as being a local brand from Norton, VA in the Reports of the President's Homes Commission from 1909.(2) This may have been replaced by Pepsi-Cola as the information in the reports would have been compiled over the course of 1908 or maybe even earlier.

Bottle from the Norton Bottling Works of Norton, VA

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