Eagle Run Brewery

A Brewery Named in Shamokin’s Story

A local history identifies Eagle Run Brewery in Shamokin. It establishes the brewery name but not opening dates, production totals, ownership sequences, or claims about the brewery’s regional rank.

Fuhrmann & Schmidt

The same historical account connects the brewery with the Fuhrmann & Schmidt Brewing Company name. That association is presented without assuming every change in corporate identity or every year in which a particular name was used.

Gottlieb Fritz and a Change in 1895

The printed account also associates the brewery with Gottlieb Fritz and says P. H. Fuhrmann and Max Schmidt purchased it in 1895. The date supports that ownership change as described in the centennial history without filling in unverified corporate transitions before or after it.

A Brewery Complex in 1908

A brewery-sponsored picture book published in 1908 describes the main Eagle Run plant together with brewing machinery, cold storage, an ice plant, and horse-drawn delivery work. Its capacity, payroll, and wage figures remain promotional claims rather than independent measurements.

Bottling in the City, Brewing at Eagle Run

The account places a bottling establishment at Washington and Commerce Streets, while the main brewery occupied a separate Eagle Run industrial complex. Captioned views mark a brew-house addition in 1896 and cold-storage addition in 1900.

A Regional Distribution Network

Photographs of branches in Mount Carmel, Girardville, Williamsport, Carlisle, Gettysburg, and Harrisburg show how the company presented its regional reach. Those nonlocal facilities are not added to the Shamokin atlas.

F&S Beer in the Jubilee Booklet

A 1939 Fuhrmann & Schmidt advertisement promoted F&S beer and ale as Shamokin products. Its age, quality, and production statements remain period advertising claims rather than independent measurements.