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still pic 2 001.jpg
This is a pic of a steam outfit around 1935 the guy in white shirt is a revenuer and looks like the two in front have bracelets on.This was a friend of mines .family. His dad and great uncle in front and his other uncle is the boy .Law wasnt wearing bibs
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Is that small boy standing in the center you Tater?
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before my time LAZ :ebiggrin: But same type my family ran
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rockchucker22 wrote:What a neat picture where's it from?
Few miles from my house.Was same revenuer that caught my grand pa .
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Very cool!!!!!

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That is cool....sad in its own way...but cool
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Wood mash tubs.and a lot of them.
Nice operation.
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Tater you said your grand pa was caught. I had a granddad caught and his dad. Where they lived there were many who made moonshine. I always heard that normally the head of the home got to stay out of jail to provide for the home and the boys went to jail. My grandad was one of the boys. He ended up getting out early to go fight in one of the wars so they released him early. They were Scottish/Irish they ended up settling over on some land where most eIther made it or told on people who did until the government ran them all off. Now it's own by the national forest park, they are a joke too.
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Appalachia-Shiner wrote: If Jedneck sees this,........well.......next.....
Wood fired steamer and wooden mash tubs. I'm in heaven.
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Tater wrote:
still pic 2 001.jpg
This is a pic of a steam outfit around 1935 the guy in white shirt is a revenuer and looks like the two in front have bracelets on.This was a friend of mines .family. His dad and great uncle in front and his other uncle is the boy .Law wasnt wearing bibs
Wilkes CO. What state???
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Wilkes CO, what state???
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I'll give you a Clue.
It Ain"t North of the Mason Dixon Line.
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Did you just recently aquire this pic Tater?
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Yes was over my buddys house and he asked if Id ever saw it.He told me he had it while back.So I borrowed it and copied it. Why ya ask larry?
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Appalachia-Shiner wrote:I'll give you a Clue.
It Ain"t North of the Mason Dixon Line.
It ain't a county unique to a single state south of the line though...
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Tater wrote:Yes was over my buddys house and he asked if Id ever saw it.He told me he had it while back.So I borrowed it and copied it. Why ya ask larry?

Only because I figured you would have posted it long before now if it wasn't newly aquired. I read nearly everything you posted and couldn't remember seeing you post that one.

It's a pretty insightful picture.
Thanks for posting it.
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Great picture, just saw it. Hope you plan on framing it. If it was mine I know exactly where I would put her up on the wall :D
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LWTCS wrote:
Tater wrote:Yes was over my buddys house and he asked if Id ever saw it.He told me he had it while back.So I borrowed it and copied it. Why ya ask larry?

Only because I figured you would have posted it long before now if it wasn't newly aquired. I read nearly everything you posted and couldn't remember seeing you post that one.

It's a pretty insightful picture.
Thanks for posting it.
Your right I just got it My friend he got it from the revenuers daughter or granddaughter.Seems he took lot of pics of busts.
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Looks like a pretty well organized operation.

How many hands would you reckon it would take to run that outfit under those working conditions and be at sort of a maximum production capacity?

Would anyone change that,,,,,"floor plan" if you see my meaning?
(Hope goose chimes).
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Smaller boxes look like mash boxes to me rest look like apple/fruit bins.That hold around 18 bushel of fruit.Looks like the last box on upper left has fruit of some kind still in it.I think 2 to 3 man outfit.Dad told me when he was young and using wood the one running boiler did mostly only that .Managing a steady fire with wood was a talent in itself.Or so I was told. Id think old boys Goose knew would have a good idea about operation .
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Its an awesome pic! Times have definitely changed.
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Tater wrote:Smaller boxes look like mash boxes to me rest look like apple/fruit bins.That hold around 18 bushel of fruit.Looks like the last box on upper left has fruit of some kind still in it.I think 2 to 3 man outfit.Dad told me when he was young and using wood the one running boiler did mostly only that .Managing a steady fire with wood was a talent in itself.Or so I was told. Id think old boys Goose knew would have a good idea about operation .
Ain't for lazy people.
Can imagine moving all that material from point A to point B after every part of the operation, preparing for fermentation, managing water, collecting fuel,,,,oh the list goes on and on.

I remember Dunderhead talking about stirring till he felt like his arms would fall of as a young boy.
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Great thread and even better photo that needs a bump.
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