Cloverdale Spring Co. Newville, PA
Cloverdale Spring Company came into being purely by accident in 1865 when some prospectors were drilling for water found a very pure spring. In 1919 a three mile underground pipe was constructed directly from the source of the water (the spring) to the bottling plant (which was located on Rt. 533 in Newville). The company was purchased by Allegheny Pepsi Cola Bottling Company in 1961. They continued with the Cloverdale line for a while but eventually phased them out. Pepsi built a new plant in 1964 beside the old bottling works.
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Cloverdale Spring Company
In 1865, prospectors drilling for oil in Lower Mifflin Township struck a large, high quality aquifer. A local doctor was so impressed with the water’s purity that he provided it to his patients. By 1885 the water was being bottled and sold for medicinal purposes. Later, the Cloverdale Spring Company was formed and used the water in its soft drink business. The company’s name described the profusion of clover growing near the aquifer. Because of its great purity, Cloverdale water was shipped to workers on the Panama Canal to reduce the instances of typhoid fever. In 1919 a new bottling plant was built near Newville and the water was piped a distance of three miles from the spring to the plant. In 1961 the Allegheny Pepsi Cola Bottling Company took over the operations of the Cloverdale Spring Company.77