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1868: The distillery was built by Walker, Martin & Co., consisting of Monroe Walker, Sam P Martin and James Ripy (Anderson News, June 1906, cited in Cecil, 1999).
1869: The distillery was sold to W H McBrayer and Thomas B Ripy (son of James above).
1870: Ripy becomes sole owner.
1890: The old still-house was replaced with a new, three-street brick building.
1892: Insurance underwriters suggest that the distillery was brick-built with a metal or slate roof. The property included a cattle barn and a shed some distance removed from the still house, and thee warehouses:
Warehouse A or No. 1 -- brick, stone and iron-clad with a metal or slate roof, located 118 ft north of the still.
Warehouse B or No. 2 -- iron-clad with a metal or slate roof, located 330 ft south of the still and 101 ft beyond C
Warehouse C or No. 3 -- frame and iron-clad, located 118 ft SE of the still.
At the time, the distillery was being operated as "T B Ripy's Cliff Springs Dist'g Co." and as "Anderson County Sour Mash Dist'g Co. No 112."
1899: The distillery was acquired by The Trust in the guise of the newly-formed Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Corp.
1920: Prohibition closed the distillery and it was dismantled.
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