ROCK, WVA

I unfortunately know nothing about Rock, WV; however, I just found an excerpt from an article by James C. and Nancy H. Bailey on Rock, WV, that I will share with you as I'm really not all that interested in researching this area. "The bottling plant was the largest employer and longest established enterprise in Rock. Founded by two Smith brothers, it was called the Smith Brothers Bottling Plant, later it was shortened to Smith Bottling Company. Later, the company was sold to the Northfork Coca-Cola Bottling Company and renamed Rock Cliff Mineral Spring Bottling Company. At this time the bottling company bottled Rock Cliff sodas, pale-dry ginger ale and golden ginger ale. In the early 1960's the equipment was moved to Bluefield and soon, thereafter, the Rock Cliff sodas and ginger ales became history."(1) Rock Mineral Springs Company was founded in 1929 by a group of local business men (most likely the Northfork Coca-Cola Bottling Company which also included Welch, Bluefield, and Northfork West Virgina.(2)

Embossed Rock Cliff bottle in the Coca-Cola Soda Water Style

7oz Rock Cliff Ginger Ale bottle dated 1941

10oz Rock Cliff Beverages bottle from the 1950's

Rock Cliff ad from a 1939 newspaper

7oz Rock Cliff Ginger Ale bottle dated 1958

Rock Cliff paper label

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