Strong primary visual evidence of the surviving structural arrangement. Capacity, engineering behavior, and typicality require other sources.
The Dowling warehouse was being dismantled when photographed, making usually hidden structure visible.
A sequence of Old Crow and Dowling plates shows wooden rick frames on masonry or concrete foundations; removal of exterior siding exposes the load-bearing barrel-storage lattice and central aisles.
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Photographs — Old Crow and Dowling rick warehouses
2026-09-29: main text/captions read across 274 screens; all pages visually surveyed and 22 enlarged details inspected. This record is bounded to its cited observation or source assertion, not independent historical/engineering corroboration. Whole-source full review remains open for embedded fine print. Photograph/caption coverage uses PDF screens 187–200, not printed pagination.
Verified visual evidence from the complete review of Carol Peachee's The Birth of Bourbon.
Evidence
A sequence of Old Crow and Dowling plates shows wooden rick frames on masonry or concrete foundations; removal of exterior siding exposes the load-bearing barrel-storage lattice and central aisles.
Locator
- PDF: PDF sheet 188–200
- Section: Photographs — Old Crow and Dowling rick warehouses
- Evidence type: Image or Figure
Context
The Dowling warehouse was being dismantled when photographed, making usually hidden structure visible.
Analytical use and caution
Strong primary visual evidence of the surviving structural arrangement. Capacity, engineering behavior, and typicality require other sources.
Verification
Complete 274-sheet page-by-page textual and visual review completed 2026-08-26; image-caption pairing inspected in numbered contact sheets and locator checked against extracted text.