What sort of equipment?

Would anyone please be able to tell me the kinds of equipment that a
"mineral waters manufacturer" would have needed to produce his product?

Lesley Robertson...

Time period? Place?

Graeme Wall...

A device for mixing the ingredients and a device for carbonating the
resultant beverage.

andrew...

Filters / purification equipment. Holding tank. Carbonating device.
Flavourings. Bottling equipment.

And would that equipment have been also able to produce beer or spirits
(e.g. whisky?).

Lesley Robertson...

No. There's no fermentation involved in producing mineral water.
Lesley Robertson

CWatters...

Found a brief history of Schweppes here. Gives an idea of the other things
they made..

1700 - 1899
1783 Jacob Schweppe invents an efficient system for the manufacture of
carbonated mineral water.
1790 Schweppe enters into a partnership to expand the business and
establishes a factory in London, England.
1831 Schweppes becomes the Supplier of Soda Water and Mineral Water to the
Royal Household.
1834 John Kemp-Welch and William Evill buy J. Schweppe & Co, extending the
product range to include flavoured soda drinks such as lemonade.
1837 Schweppes is awarded the Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria.
1842 Samuel Mott begins making apple cider and vinegar in New York State.
1851 Schweppes wins the contract to supply "Temperance" beverages at the
Great Exhibition in the UK.
1870 Schweppes products expand with the introduction of Tonic Water and
Ginger Ale. Tonic Water soon becomes popular with the British in India, as
it contains quinine, used as a preventative measure against malaria.
1885 Dr. Pepper is first made and sold in Waco, Texas.
1890 John J McLaughlin (founder of Canada Dry) opens a small plant in
Toronto to manufacture soda water.
1891 Wade Morrison and Robert Lazenby form the Artesian Mfg & Bottling
Company, which later becomes the Dr. Pepper Company.
1897 Schweppes is floated as a public company in London, England.
1898 Schweppes introduces Ginger Beer.

Peter...

How about:

1. A pump to recover the mineral water from the ground
2. A large tank to hold it prior to bottling
3. Something to clean/sterilse the bottles prior to filling with the
mineral water.

Graeme Wall...

Not in the normal course of events. Spirits require a still which is not
needed for the production of mineral waters.

andrew...

No. The production of beer includes a fermentation process. Spirits are
distilled.

With your name I'm amazed you did not know the last point!

Yours Aye Andrew Sellon

Phil Wood...

And I'm astounded that you think you can distill an unfermented liqour to
make spirits.

Geoff...

No. But I've come across some beers which were as about as strong as
mineral water!!