Records of Gilbert Rae, aerated water manufacturers, Dunfermline, Scotland

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The company of Gilbert Rae, aerated water manufacturers, was established around 1868 or 1869. The company was based at the Baldridge Works, Dunfermline, Scotland, but had branches in Alloa, Scotland, Falkirk, Scotland and Portobello, Scotland. Gilbert Rae manufactured the following goods: ginger beer, ginger ale, ginger champagne (original introducer), sparkling ginger, lemonade, kola, potash water, seltzer water and lithia water. All of these were available in screw-method, glass-stoppered and corked bottles. Potash, soda and seltzer were also available in bottles and siphons.

Gilbert Rae claimed to be the inventor of a number of appliances. He was the inventor of an appliance for the extraction of air from the water before carbonating, as well as the inventor and patentee of a germ-preventing syrup-filling appliance, a screw-top siphon bottle for the dinner table and a steam-power cork filling machine.

By 1948 the company was a limited liability company and listed as a member of the Perth and District Aerated Water Manufacturers' and Bottlers' Trade Defence Association.

Nothing more is known about the company's history.

Sources: RAE 11/9/1 and 11/5/1

Penn, Kenneth (ed). "The Soft Drinks Trade Manual" (London: The National Association of Soft Drinks Manufacturers, 1948)

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