Separate the photograph's direct evidence from the caption's industry-wide transition claim, which merits corroboration.
The image supports the continued material presence of wooden tubs; the chronology and sanitation rationale come from the caption.
The Burks' Spring plate shows preserved wooden fermenting tubs; its caption describes cypress and related woods as early practice and later metal tanks as easier to clean.
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Photographs — Burks' Spring fermenting tubs
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 34–35, not printed pagination.
Verified visual evidence from the complete review of Carol Peachee's The Birth of Bourbon.
Evidence
The Burks' Spring plate shows preserved wooden fermenting tubs; its caption describes cypress and related woods as early practice and later metal tanks as easier to clean.
Locator
- PDF: PDF sheet 35
- Section: Photographs — Burks' Spring fermenting tubs
- Evidence type: Image or Figure
Context
The image supports the continued material presence of wooden tubs; the chronology and sanitation rationale come from the caption.
Analytical use and caution
Separate the photograph's direct evidence from the caption's industry-wide transition claim, which merits 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.