| Brand: | Londonderry Lithia |
| Country: | United States |
| Source: | Londonderry Lithia spring |
| Type: | still/sparkling |
| Ph: | unknown |
| Tds: | unknown |
Londonderry Lithia was a brand of bottled lithia water sold in the northeastern United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1] The source of the water was in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and the company headquarters of the Londonderry Lithia Spring Water Company was in Nashua, New Hampshire.
As a marketing promotion, Annie Kopchovsky, the first woman to bicycle around the world, changed her name in 1895 to Annie Londonderry and carried the company's placard on her journey.[2]
According to the company, the water had been analyzed by Prof. H. Halvorson and found to contain among various other minerals 8.620 grains of lithium bicarbonate per Imperial gallon.[3] However, following the prohibition of adulterated and misbranded drugs, a government chemist determined that the water contained only a spectroscopic trace of lithium, less than 1/1200 grain per gallon, and that sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate had been added to some samples. This resulted in action condemning and forfeiting the product.[4] The company ceased production by 1920.[5]