It's interesting to note that the brewery was in business all the way up to 1975:
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FUHRMANN & SCHMIDT
In 1893 Philip H. Fuhrmann took over the old Eagle Run Brewery in Shamokin, which dated back to 1854. Three years later it became Fuhrmann & Schmidt, and in 1905 they built a new modern brewery on South Harrison Street. The company returned after repeal in the newer facility. The brewery was purchased by Ortlieb in 1966 and survived until 1975.
FUHRMANN & SCHMIDT'S EAGLE RUN BREWERY
The Eagle Run Brewery in Shamokin got its start in the 1850s and went through various owners until Philip Fuhrmann purchased it in 1893. It became Fuhrmann & Schmidt's Eagle Run Brewery three years later. In 1905 a group of investors created the Shamokin Brewing Co. for the manufacture of ale, porter, lager, and weiss beer. That company lasted for six years before going bankrupt and being acquired by Fuhrmann & Schmidt. F & S ran both plants until Prohibition and came back after repeal in the newer facility. Philadelphia's Ortlieb Brewing Co. bought F & S in 1966 and operated the brewery until 1975.
Posted 12/29/2015 10:37 pm
