This is the story of John Mathews, the leading pioneer of the soda water industry. In 1903 a revolution in soda fountain design took place. Take a look at this page to see what it was. This company would later become virtually the only competition Liquid Carbonic would have. Up until the 1920's, the soda fountains were refrigerated with ice and salt.
Mechanical refrigeration marks the third era.
A page devoted to soda fountain lingo. These are the miscellaneous items offered by the soda fountains. Like malted milk, fruit juices, etc. Hopefully though, this Web site may encourage others to open new soda fountains.