Historically relevant production redirection, but it is a caption claim and should be corroborated with wartime production records before publication as fact.
The claim accompanies surviving dry-room equipment at George T. Stagg.
Peachee's caption states that during World War II beverage-alcohol production was curtailed or converted toward industrial alcohol uses including rubber and gasket manufacture, while spent grain continued to be dried for livestock feed.
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PDF screen 55
Photographs — George T. Stagg dry room
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 55–56, not printed pagination.
Verified source evidence from the complete review of Carol Peachee's The Birth of Bourbon.
Evidence
Peachee's caption states that during World War II beverage-alcohol production was curtailed or converted toward industrial alcohol uses including rubber and gasket manufacture, while spent grain continued to be dried for livestock feed.
Locator
- PDF: PDF sheet 56
- Section: Photographs — George T. Stagg dry room
- Evidence type: Source Claim
Context
The claim accompanies surviving dry-room equipment at George T. Stagg.
Analytical use and caution
Historically relevant production redirection, but it is a caption claim and should be corroborated with wartime production records before publication as fact.
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.