The layered materials are direct visual evidence; dating each layer requires architectural or archival corroboration.
Peachee reads the material sequence as approximately 150 years of change.
A vertical view through Old Crow's still house shows successive hand-cut stone, brick, later tile, wooden beams, and metal scaffolding, allowing the building fabric to register multiple eras of expansion.
PDF screen 167
PDF screen 166
Photographs — Old Crow still house layers
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 166–167, not printed pagination.
Verified visual evidence from the complete review of Carol Peachee's The Birth of Bourbon.
Evidence
A vertical view through Old Crow's still house shows successive hand-cut stone, brick, later tile, wooden beams, and metal scaffolding, allowing the building fabric to register multiple eras of expansion.
Locator
- PDF: PDF sheet 167
- Section: Photographs — Old Crow still house layers
- Evidence type: Image or Figure
Context
Peachee reads the material sequence as approximately 150 years of change.
Analytical use and caution
The layered materials are direct visual evidence; dating each layer requires architectural 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.