Fresno Brewing Company
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N 36° 43.625 W 119° 46.633
11S E 251985 N 4068193
The Fresno Brewing Company was established in 1899. Some of it still exists as the home of a moving company. What remains of the complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WM4YEE
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2008
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The Plaque is located at the main entry of the building. It states the following:
"THE FRESNO BREWING COMPANY
"ERNST EILERT, A EUROPEAN TRAINED
BREWMASTER, AND HIS SON WILLIAM
ESTABLISHED THE FRESNO BREWING
COMPANY ON THIS SITE IN 1899. THEY
BUILT A SIX STORY BREWERY, A LABORATORY,
A RACKING ROOM, STABLE, AND OTHER
STRUCTURES. FIVE KINDS OF BEER WERE
BREWED AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT
THE VALLEY AND ACROSS THE SIERRA
UNTIL PROHIBITION FORCED A SHUTDOWN.
UNTIL THE REPEAL OF PROHIBITION, THE
PLANT BOTTLED SOFT DRINKS AND MADE
ICE CREAM. BREWING WAS RESUMED IN
1933 AND CONTINUED UNTIL 1948.
THE BREWERY WAS RAZED IN 1955.
"DEDICATED JUNE 27, 1987
BY THE JIM SAVAGE CHAPTER 1852
E CLAMPUS VITUS"