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April 10

What is a 1833 Boston soda factory?

I'm reading a biography on a person (Daniel) with a time period around 1833. It says, His first work in that city was pumping soda for Mr. Darling, who then had a large soda factory on Franklin Ave in Boston. What was Daniel doing for his job? What was a 1833 soda factory? What did it make, in today's terms?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:02, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fizzy pop. I have found a Thomas Darling, and a Darling and Pollard, listed as soft drink bollters. See also [1] DuncanHill (talk) 14:14, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The company was Darling & Ireland, listed here. Bottles from the company are shown on this page and on that, and apparently they go for several hundred dollars these days. Primarily that would have been soda water I guess, not sure whether they were (always?) flavoured. Addendum: DuncanHill's last link explains how Pollard turned into Ireland. --Wrongfilter (talk) 14:25, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Very good. I do believe that clears this up with the source above found by User: DuncanHill that says further, In 1845 Mr. Ireland returned to Boston, and with his brother George, purchased the business of Darling & Pollard, manufacturers of soda-water on Franklin avenue, which they subsequently sold out to Scripture & Parker, on Court square. Thanks for clearing this up.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:58, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For a F-4 Phantom II at Lancaster, California

On this page, I saw a F-4 Phantom II is at Lancaster, California, who can find its serial number? --Great Brightstar (talk) 17:47, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be here. --OuroborosCobra (talk) 18:50, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Last Military Serial: 64-0952 USAF / Construction Number: 1364 / Last Civil Registration: N401AV [2] Alansplodge (talk) 12:13, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]