Image evidence supports the construction system; causal and comparative fire-performance claims require engineering or archival corroboration.
The exposed column grid makes the storage-system change materially visible.
The J. E. Pepper warehouse plate shows concrete floors and columns rather than a wooden rick structure; the caption explains the change as a post-Prohibition fire-resistance and load-support strategy.
PDF screen 54
PDF screen 53
Photographs — J. E. Pepper warehouse
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 53–54, not printed pagination.
Verified visual evidence from the complete review of Carol Peachee's The Birth of Bourbon.
Evidence
The J. E. Pepper warehouse plate shows concrete floors and columns rather than a wooden rick structure; the caption explains the change as a post-Prohibition fire-resistance and load-support strategy.
Locator
- PDF: PDF sheet 54
- Section: Photographs — J. E. Pepper warehouse
- Evidence type: Image or Figure
Context
The exposed column grid makes the storage-system change materially visible.
Analytical use and caution
Image evidence supports the construction system; causal and comparative fire-performance claims require engineering or archival corroboration.
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.