In 1896, Halsey W. Taylor lost his father to typhoid fever caused by contaminated water. Years later, as a plant superintendent for the Packard Motor Car Company, Taylor noticed dysentery spreading quickly through the workers, and again suspected drinking water.
These personal experiences inspired Halsey W. Taylor to dedicate his life to providing a safe drink of water in public places. In 1912 he developed the Puritan Sanitary Fountain and began producing it at the original manufacturing site in Warren, Ohio.
The era soon brought the dawn of World War 1, and sanitary drinking water in over crowded army camps was a major problem. Concerned, Halsey Taylor had an idea for a bubbler that would provide a safer drink, resulting in the development of the historic Double Bubbler™ which remains one of the industry's most important innovations ever. It projects two separate streams that converge to form an abundant pyramid of water at the apex of the stream, for a fuller, more satisfying drink. The Double Bubbler™ was the first of many innovations that helped to make Halsey Taylor the drinking fountain and water cooler of choice for nearly a century.
