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The Big Spring distillery was built next to and was operated in conjunction with the Coon Hollow distillery at Coon Hollow Station in Nelson County. The latter also had offices in Louisville (same address as above).
In 1900, the operation was sold to the whiskey trust and became part of the Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.
During 1914-1920, the Big Spring Distilling Co. was also being provided with liquor by the Mellwood (RD #34, 5th District) and Nelson (RD #4, 5th District) in Louisville
The company used the brand name: "Silver Tip." | | Business name timeline:
Big Spring Distillery (1881-1883), Big Spring Distillery Co. (1883), Big Spring Distilling Co. (1909-1919)
Address timeline:
Office: 95 Main, nr 3 rd (1881), 313 W Main (1882), 256 W Main (1883), 228 S 2 nd (1909), 122-126 S 2 nd (1909-1918), 609-610 Columbia Bldg. (1919) | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
D
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Louisville directory notes
Appearance in
directories:
1881, 1882, 1883, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
Directories
consulted:
1866, 1867, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
Louisville directory
notes:
W = Wines & Liquors, I = Importers, D = Distillers, R = Rectifiers, DA = Distiller's Agents, B = Brokers (1892), S = Saloons (1905), M = Mail Order House (1915). Listings for wholesalers from 1866 to 1869 and for distillers 1866 through to 1906 were compiled from a typescript prepared by Norma Snyder. 1887 and 1889 wholesaler listings are partial, missing last names in the alphabet, 1890, 1895 missing their entirety. No copies of listings in any category for 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901. 1888 has a partial list of Importers (not found in copies for other years). 1905 copies include Saloons (not incorporated). 1906 is incomplete for distillers, missing wholesalers.
1881 witnessed a major city-wide street reorganization so all addresses change. In 1909, there is a second renumbering and this year shows both old and the new number in brackets.
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