Started as a small ginger beer factory on this site in 1866 by Robert Harrison, the factory expanded into one of the largest and longest surviving Fitzroy cordial factories, producing a wide range of cordials, aerated waters and mineral waters.The firm was still operating as R. Harrison Pty. Ltd. well into the 1950s. The bi-chrome brick buildings on the south east corner of Spring and Argyle Streets. are perhaps the most impressive factory in Fitzroy and was classified on the Historic Buildings Register.
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