Soda Fountains in New York

Soda fountains that didn't serve alcohol, but served physicarbonated drinks. The reason these soda fountains exploded all of a sudden is it was difficult in the nineteenth century to make water fizzy. But what happens in 18 80, the irish in the saloons are building this giant saint patrick's cathedral in manhattan for the irish community. And there was so much marble being used to build saint patricks' cathedral that it flooded the folken market in new york and brought down the price of marble. So you got marble, mixed it wi with sulphuric acid, and you had fizzy water.