Critical sampling limitation: absence from the book is not evidence that a site or equipment type was absent historically.
Peachee explains how access, survival, and preservation designation shaped the photographed sample.
The book deliberately emphasizes intact abandoned distilleries and operating historic sites on the National Register or designated as National Historic Landmarks, while noting that many other foundations and warehouse remains fall outside its coverage.
PDF sheet 19
PDF sheet 19
Introduction — site selection
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. Text locator rechecked.
Verified source evidence from the complete review of Carol Peachee's The Birth of Bourbon.
Evidence
The book deliberately emphasizes intact abandoned distilleries and operating historic sites on the National Register or designated as National Historic Landmarks, while noting that many other foundations and warehouse remains fall outside its coverage.
Locator
- PDF: PDF sheet 19
- Section: Introduction — site selection
- Evidence type: Source Claim
Context
Peachee explains how access, survival, and preservation designation shaped the photographed sample.
Analytical use and caution
Critical sampling limitation: absence from the book is not evidence that a site or equipment type was absent historically.
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.