The site relationship is visually and contextually strong; claims about limestone filtration or universal siting should be corroborated independently.
Related visual evidence appears at PDF sheets 102 and 120.
The Burks' Spring springhouse plate, together with later mill-gear and creek plates, presents early Kentucky distilleries as located around water sources and preexisting mill infrastructure.
PDF screen 43
PDF screen 42
Photographs — springhouse and water sites
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 42–43, not printed pagination.
Verified visual evidence from the complete review of Carol Peachee's The Birth of Bourbon.
Evidence
The Burks' Spring springhouse plate, together with later mill-gear and creek plates, presents early Kentucky distilleries as located around water sources and preexisting mill infrastructure.
Locator
- PDF: PDF sheet 43
- Section: Photographs — springhouse and water sites
- Evidence type: Image or Figure
Context
Related visual evidence appears at PDF sheets 102 and 120.
Analytical use and caution
The site relationship is visually and contextually strong; claims about limestone filtration or universal siting should be corroborated independently.
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.