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Thursday, June 30, 2022

Distilling Plant So Large It Had to Be Dynamited, June 29, 1922

Complete Distilling Plant at Greenville

Greenville, S.C., June 28—The largest and most complete distilling plant ever seen by the raiding officers was taken and destroyed Tuesday night by agents of federal prohibition officers operating out of Greenville, near the boundary line of Edgefield and McCormick counties. The outfit was too large to be destroyed with axes in the regular fashion, and two sticks of dynamite were set off under the apparatus, blowing it into bits. The plant consisted of a large brick furnace, over which was a steel riveted boiler, having a capacity of about 400 gallons. Two copper condensing outfits were connected with the boiler, each having a capacity of 90 gallons. Five thousand gallons of rye beer was poured out by the officers. No arrests were made.

From the front page of The Charlotte Observer, Thursday morning, June 29, 1922

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