Ermal Fraze, owner of Dayton Reliable Tool and Manufacturing Company, invented the familiar pop-top aluminum can. The legend goes that, in the late 1950s, Fraze was at a family picnic and wanted a beer, but had forgotten the can opener. He was forced to use the bumper of his car to open the beer. In his frustration, Fraze vowed to develop an easy-opening can. The first shipments of the pop top can went to the Iron City brewery, and the public response was enthusiastic. The Pop Top Invention Station is one of the stations that will surprise you — we won’t say how. Visit RiverScape to find out.