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Glen Summit Springs Water is bottled at the source by Glen Summit Springs Water Company. The Source is a series of certain natural springs, found more than 1,700 feet above sea level and protected by more than 450 acres of Company-owned and conservation lands. For more than 120 years Glen Summit Springs Water Company has been providing the pure, refreshing water of Glen Summit to people who enjoy quality water.
OUR HISTORY:
Glen Summit Springs lies near the village of Glen Summit on the northern slope of the eastern end of Nescopeck Mountain where it sweeps to the north to meet the southward bend of Penobscot Mountain. The area has long been known regionally for its mountain springs and is now protected by over 450 acres of pristine, uncultivated forest made up of privately owned and conservation lands.
The founder of Glen Summit Springs Water Company, J.E. Patterson, was a successful Wilkes-Barre businessman who sought to purchase property in the area now know as Glen Summit to enjoy the mountain air and resolve his bothersome insomnia. He purchased approximately 500 acres on which he built his home knowing the grounds contained excellent springs. Mr. Patterson undertook discussions with the Lehigh Valley railroad and proposed that a grand hotel should be built to provide rail travelers a distinguished place to rest and refresh. Mr. Patterson’s idea was embraced and in 1882 construction was begun on a magnificent hotel with Mr. Patterson acting as the general contractor.
In the transfer of land from Mr. Patterson to the Lehigh Valley Railroad, Patterson retained 200 acres that held the finest springs and began bottling pure spring water in 1884. The Glen Summit Hotel and the Victorian cottages that were subsequently built in the Glen Summit Village, were, in their heyday, a gathering place for the social elite from as far as New York and Philadelphia. The gathering of travelers and vacationers created the first market for Glen Summit Spring Water.
In the 1890’s Glen Summit Springs Water Company began working with it’s first distributor, R. H. Cabell, in London, England. Special spring loaded wooden crates were constructed to protect the glass bottles during their overseas journey. The Company purchased two railcars in order to efficiently deliver the spring water to the New York ports. By 1909 the Company’s success justified the construction of the elaborate bottling house Glen Summit Springs Water Company still uses today. Sanitary bottling conditions were an emphasis at Glen Summit Springs Water Company long before government agencies required it. The 1909 bottling house plans included a shower room where employees were required to visit before starting their shift.
On February 12, 1936, a controlling interest in Glen Summit Springs Water Company was purchased by William Richard Quin, who had been the Chief Engineer of the Lake Wallenpaupack Dam project. Under the direction of Mr. Quin, distribution of Glen Summit Water grew throughout the Susquehanna Valley and surrounding areas. Always interested in growing and improving the young industry, Mr. Quin was a charter member of the American Bottled Water Association, which was the predecessor to the present-day International Bottled Water Association.
Mr. Quin was also responsible for the growth of the Glen Summit Beverage Company which bottled sodas, including the regionally renowned orange soda, using the pure spring water as the chief ingredient. It was during Mr. Quin’s tenure as owner and President of the Company that Glen Summit became a household name in the region, 55 years before bottled water became an industry of its own.
With the flooding of the Susquehanna River in 1972, the Company, which maintained an office in Forty-Fort, Pennsylvania, suffered significant losses of equipment and bottle inventory. The coincidence of the flood and the death of Mr. Quin in 1972 resulted in Glen Summit eliminating its beverage business and focusing it’s attention on spring water. (Although we maintain the Glen Summit Beverage receipes in our safe to this day.) With the passing of Mr. Quin, stewardship of the Company was passed to his wife, Ruth Wicks Quin, who, in 1972, was among a small group of female business owners in the region. As a result of Mrs. Quin’s steady and resolute direction, Glen Summit Springs Water Company thrived and filled the need of many who, after the flood, wanted assurances regarding their drinking water.
The Quin’s daughter, Nancy Quin Davis, succeeded her mother as President of the Company in 1986 and endeavored to preserve and maintain the traditions of excellent service and purity of the product that had been established by her predecessors. Glen Summit Springs Water Company remains a family maintained business to this day, and is proud of its long history in an industry we have been honored to be a part of for nearly 125 years.
OUR WATER:
The springs that supply Glen Summit Springs Water are currently protected by over 450 acres of conservation and privately owned undeveloped pristine mountain lands and were specially selected by J.E. Patterson more than 125 years ago for their particular geological characteristics that contribute to the remarkable purity of the water. The predominance of white Pocono sandstone creates a filtration system that can not be matched by any man-made product. Glen Summit Springs Water has been filtered through white Pocono sandstone for thousands of years and what bubbles from our springs, we believe, is of unmatched purity.
Our water could be consumed straight from the spring, and was for the first half century of our Company’s existence. We treat this pure water by filtering out all sediment, as well as UV light and ozonation treatments, both of which are designed to leave no residual taste or chemical by-product. As a result our customers enjoy the naturally pure spring water J.E. Patterson found at Glen Summit so many years ago.
Purity of a water is evidenced by the lack of dissolved solids. Our water has been recognized for generations as having an extraordinarily low dissolved solid count. Glen Summit Springs Water’s latest water analysis can be easily compared to any other product and we are confident Glen Summit Spring Water will compare favorably.
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