The Distillery District Mural, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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krsmith2
N 38° 03.192 W 084° 30.521
16S E 718588 N 4214648
A welcome mural to the distillery district, showing some history.
Waymark Code: WMJKNC
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2013
Views: 5
This Mural is in the parking lot of Buster's Billiards & Backroom at 899 Manchester Street. The Grand Reserve, suite 190, at 903 Manchester Street. There is a historical Markers at this location.
Obverse
Started in 1869 by the Headley and Farra Company. Continued by James E. Pepper & Company in 1879. In the late 1800s, the James E. Pepper Distillery sold whiskey to over 90 brokerage houses across the U.S. It sold under a number of different names & labels. In 1933, purchased by Schenley Products Corp. of NY.
Presented by Lexington Directions Inc.
Reverse
Water from Town Branch provided steam power and McConnell Springs provided water for the whiskey. The distillery closed in 1962. The Distillery District was a major whiskey producer for over 100 yrs. with storage capacity for 150,000 barrels of bourbon. It remained in service until 1976.
Presented by Lexington Environmental Commission
The Mural show a pink sky, above a train pulling flatcars of whiskey barrels and bottles. There is three faceless men in the mural, the locomotive engineer, a cowboy floating in a barrel down a stream, and a hobo walking in the stream with a mug. Barrels of whiskey seem to be spilling in the stream.
City: Lexington
Location Name: Parking lot of Buster's Billiards & Backroom
Artist: The Drenex Inc.
Media: Block Wall & it look like part of a wall from a railcar or warehouse.
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
Date: Not listed
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