Methodological insight: comparative observation of surviving systems can reduce ambiguity, but equivalence across sites must still be demonstrated.
The source contrasts living industrial continuity with ruins that require more inference.
Peachee explains that access to preserved machinery and workers at the operating George T. Stagg/Buffalo Trace complex helped her interpret similar remnants at abandoned Pepper, Samuels, and Old Crow sites.
PDF sheet 24
PDF sheet 24
Introduction — George T. Stagg at Buffalo Trace
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Verified source evidence from the complete review of Carol Peachee's The Birth of Bourbon.
Evidence
Peachee explains that access to preserved machinery and workers at the operating George T. Stagg/Buffalo Trace complex helped her interpret similar remnants at abandoned Pepper, Samuels, and Old Crow sites.
Locator
- PDF: PDF sheet 24
- Section: Introduction — George T. Stagg at Buffalo Trace
- Evidence type: Paraphrase
Context
The source contrasts living industrial continuity with ruins that require more inference.
Analytical use and caution
Methodological insight: comparative observation of surviving systems can reduce ambiguity, but equivalence across sites must still be demonstrated.
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.