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Aerated water company

This print from 1895 shows the Thomson, Lewis & Co. factory in Wellington. It produced aerated water and cordials and was a supplier to the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. In the late 1800s most New Zealand towns had an aerated water factory.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: D-002-005-002

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Sarah Wilcox, Food and beverage manufacturing – Cold drinks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/22999/aerated-water-company (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Sarah Wilcox, published 3 March 2010.