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For the curious ones,
It’s called the Artesian Well.
Located next to the bottling machines is the well that provided water in the early years of Dr Pepper bottling. An underground aquifer of artesian water was the source. The water from the well was pumped to the third floor to be filtered and distilled, then it came back down to the first floor through hoses. In the 1920s the well was filled with broken bottles and forgotten until the restoration of the building in the 1980s. They excavated to the depth of 27 and a half feet, which is what you can see today.
I absolutely love this story about how capitalism removes all the resources, then when it's no longer useful, just trashes the place.
Pretty sure that's the work of people. I don't think it was the will of capitalism to order people to throw bottles into an old well.
Capitalism isn't the work of people ? Is it some kind of god you pray to ? Well that makes sense actually
Cheapest way to dispose of broken bottles. Just chuck it into the well.
Absolutely done to increase profit margins.
"How do we get rid of all these bottles, boss?"
Boss looks at huge empty well.
"There's nothin' cheaper than throwin' 'em down that hole we sucked all the water out of! Who's gonna care?"