Original reference photography from the Cola Machines archive. Select any image to inspect the machine, mechanisms, identification plates, and restoration details.
This reference catalog documents 4 Lyon machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1940 to 1950. Model-specific archive photography survives for 4 of the 4 entries.
This profile combines preserved company background with evidence from the individual machine records. Dates and model counts refer to documented examples in this collection, not an assertion that the catalog is complete.
Lyon company history
Preserved background
Historical material places Lyon in New York, New York and produced machines during the 1950's.
Lyon Industries was organized by Stuart G. Lyon and the Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp. (located in Harrison, N. J. ) to distribute soft drink vendors. They acquired all rights to beverage vending machines formely held by Lymo Industries and the Lion Mfg. Corp. , both of Chicago, Ill. Subsequently, contracts were concluded calling for Worthington Pump to manufacture the machines while Lyon Industries handled distribution. Initially, 1 and 2 flavor models is the 1400-Cup Lion Vendor which was renamed the "Lyon". Worthington Pump continued to manufacture the 500-Cup Stewart machine, distributed by Stewart Products Corp. in Grennwich, Conn. We believe they predominately built premix vendors. In 1959, the Seeburg Corporation acquired Lyon Industries.
What the machine archive shows
Evidence by model and date
The dated archive currently runs from Lyon 1400 (Late 1940's into the 1950's) through Lyon 500 (Early 1950's to mid 1950's). It contains 4 model records, 4 with recorded production dates and 4 with surviving model-specific photography.
The documented production footprint is distributed across 1940s (2), 1950s (2). These totals describe this archive—not necessarily the company’s complete output—and will change if additional period records are recovered.
Lyon machines
4 model records
Lyon photo archive
2 general collection photos
Research note: Profile scope is 4 archived machine records. Company background was independently restated from the site’s preserved manufacturer overview; view the archived source. Dates, photographs, and model counts come from the linked records. Where the preserved evidence is incomplete, the page says so instead of filling gaps with conjecture.