Direct visual evidence of surviving gearing; its installation date and exact operational effect derive from the caption.
The hardware links building openings to process-environment control.
A plate of window gears in the Old Oscar Pepper fermenting house documents a mechanical system that adjusted ceiling ventilation during a post-Prohibition update.
PDF screen 60
PDF screen 59
Photographs — Old Oscar Pepper ventilation gears
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 59–60, not printed pagination.
Verified visual evidence from the complete review of Carol Peachee's The Birth of Bourbon.
Evidence
A plate of window gears in the Old Oscar Pepper fermenting house documents a mechanical system that adjusted ceiling ventilation during a post-Prohibition update.
Locator
- PDF: PDF sheet 60
- Section: Photographs — Old Oscar Pepper ventilation gears
- Evidence type: Image or Figure
Context
The hardware links building openings to process-environment control.
Analytical use and caution
Direct visual evidence of surviving gearing; its installation date and exact operational effect derive from the caption.
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.