New bottle works exhibit

  • PHOTO BY CHRIS MECHE, THE BEE Bottles bearing the imprint of the Silsbee Ice and Manufacturing Company on exhibit at the Ice House Museum.
    PHOTO BY CHRIS MECHE, THE BEE Bottles bearing the imprint of the Silsbee Ice and Manufacturing Company on exhibit at the Ice House Museum.
  • PHOTO BY CHRIS MECHE, THE BEE Examples of the machines used in bottling soda in Silsbee from 1909-1913 on display at the Ice House Museum.
    PHOTO BY CHRIS MECHE, THE BEE Examples of the machines used in bottling soda in Silsbee from 1909-1913 on display at the Ice House Museum.
Silsbee- The Ice House Museum is hosting a new exhibit that details the inner workings of a bottle works that existed in Silsbee from 19091913. During this time, the Silsbee Ice & Mfg Co not only produced ice, but it also bottled its own soda in Silsbee. The Bottle Works only stayed open until 1913 when the building caught fire and burnt to the ground. The exhibit includes many of the tools…

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