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Michter's Distillery
Bomberger's Distillery, more recently Michter's Distillery, is a non-operating distillery facility that was, at the end of the twentieth century, believed to be the oldest remaining such building in the United States. The distillery closed in 1989. Although there are whiskey products currently on the market using the Bomberger's and Michter's brand names, they are more recently introduced products that have no direct connection to the old distillery. The complex, located near Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, represented the transformation of whiskey distilling from an agricultural enterprise into a large-scale industry. The surviving still house, warehouse, and jug house date from about 1840, but the site has a documented history of spirit production since 1753. Bomberger's was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1980. The facility was America's smallest commercial distiller at the time of its 1989 closure. an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newmanstown, Pennsylvania
Newmanstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,478 at the 2010 census, an increase over the figure of 1,536 tabulated in 2000. Geography Newmanstown is in southeastern Lebanon County along the northeastern edge of Millcreek Township. It is bordered to the northeast by Marion Township and Heidelberg Township in Berks County. Route 419 runs through the center of town as Main Street, leading northeast to Womelsdorf and southwest to Schaefferstown. Lebanon, the county seat, is to the west of Newmanstown, and Reading is to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Newmanstown CDP has a total area of , all land. Mill Creek, which drains northward into Tulpehocken Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River, runs along the west side of the town. Demographics As of the 2000 census, there were 1,536 people, 603 households, and 417 families residing in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thistle Finch Distillery
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the planton the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. These prickles are an adaptation that protects the plant from being eaten by herbivores. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape similar to a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flower heads. The comparative amount of spininess varies dramatically by species. For example, ''Cirsium heterophyllum'' has minimal spininess while ''Cirsium spinosissimum'' is the opposite. Typically, species adapted to dry environments have greater spininess. The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean precisely those plants in the tribe Cardueae (synonym: Cynareae), especially the genera ''Carduus'', ''Cirsium'', and ''Onopordum''. However, plants outside this tribe are sometimes called thistles. Biennial thistles are particularly noteworthy for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
