“Borjomi” is a Georgian mineral water. It had a sort of cult status in Soviet Union and then when Georgia seceded from the former Soviet state it became an article of import into Russia which even was banned at some period of modern Russian history.
However, hundred years ago this was a Russian source and a Russian water which was already in demand competing with famous French and other European mineral waters.
Those color Prokudin-Gorsky photographs show how the business was going at times on the source. They are clickable and enlargable to a wider size.
Borjomi is a naturally sparkling water. It rises from the deep of the Earth with no special pumps needed, coming out warm at the temperatures 38-41 celcius (warmer than a human body!).
Bottled water in crates ready for delivery, circa 1900s.
To supply for the growing mineral bottling industry the glass bottle factory was started right on the place in 1896.
People travelled to this place to stay at resort and drink the water right from the source which was said to have beneficial medical characteristics.
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