The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-31
RAHR'S MALT HOUSE.
Renovated Plant One of the Best
in the World.
ENORMOUS CAPACITY FOR OUTPUT.
Detail of the New Machinery Public Sfor-
age is being Constructed on the Lake
Side of the Large Structure and
Contiguous 10 the Railroad,

torn down. i MS was lne id0t itih"iiiiis
landmark Of the original plant first start
ed by William Rahr in 1S47 This hat
70 be RACED in order to make place fol
the new pneumatic malt house AdJoln
ing the old brew-house new brewery
has heen erected, substantial brick anc
iron four story building, 40 x 80 feet II
size. equipped with all Of the latest and
most improved machinery On the
ground floor the engine and steam mash
tub are located, also the cooker, for the
Droper conversion Of the brewery materl'
al On the floor above il new % par
rel copper kettle, with hoppers for the
weighing Of the grain, and anew Baude-
let cooler which connects with the Ice
machine. On the floor above the water
and beer tanks are located, and also the
ammonia condenser connected with the
ice machine. This floor also contains
the mill machinery for the brewery
Immediately south of the brewery and
connected Herewith, a new engine house
has been built, in which the latest pat
tern zee machine is erected. This Is II
twenty-five ton machine of the Ruem-
nell & Siebert Refrigerating Machine
Co = make Of st. Louis. The rooms
formerly used for the storage Office have
been rebuilt. remodeled, and converted
into beer cellars that already contain
the beer casks All Of the vaults are
connected with the ice plant, and every
thing is refrigerated artificially now
thus nsuring an absolute uniformity Of
temperature. which again insures the
constant uniformity of product.
Owing to the greater concentration OF
tba working parts Of the plant the large
building east of the brewhouse which
was formerly used for the storage Of
beer has now become available for 9th
er purposes and tits the intention Of the
managers 10 convert this large room,
which is 80 100 feet and rs feet high,
into a public cold storage, for which
there il great need in ManltOwoc, and
which will undoubtedly be hailed with
much delight by the merchants Of Mani
tUwuc The large room Immediately
above this storage has been converted
into coffee packing room which will
now be removed from the building back
of the Turner hall. Part of this build
ing has been remodelcd into a very mod
crn and up 10 date bOttling works equip
ped with the most modern machinery,
and which will be in operation in a very
fcw weeks
In front Of this building and running
up 10 the third story there will be equip
ped u steam freight elevator, lOX II feet
in dimensions connecting with the cold
storage underneath connecting with the
bottling works and coffee packing house
on the floor above. and connecting with
the brewery store house in the third
story, In this third story small re
frigerating room has been equipped for
the proper storage Of hops A sidetrack
will he run mp on Sixth street rs far rs
the freight elevator, SO that thu coffee
packing department will be very finely
equipped for rapid and economical handl-
ing Of its products.
These improvements have all been
completed aud excavations are now be
ing made for the new pneumatic malt
ing plant a contract for which has al
ready been entered into with the Gal
land lIcnning Pneumatic Mailing Drum
Manufacturing Co of Milwaukee, and
the plant is TO be finished by the first of
September This will give The William
Rahr Sons Co.. an annual mailing ca
pacity Of / $50, 900 bushels and il will
be- the largest individual malt-house in
the state Of Wisconsin, and the germin
ntlng compartments will be the largest
in the world They will have n capaci-
~ of about $500 bushels each
The river elevator il going to be NOV
ed and located on the vacant space i'm
m"dmtely east of the slate-sided clcyat
or b. This elevator is going to be us
I'd exclusively for taking in. cleaning
and shipping house. All of the cleaning
machinery will be- on the ground floor.
and no grain or malt will be handled
more than once. Everything going in
to the plant will pass through this house
before being placed IN the storage eleyat
or aud eyerythir' coming from the malt
kins viii pass through this house before
passing into the storage elevator. Thi,
elevator will also be equipped with II
Day automatic dust collecting system
All Of the dust will be centrally collect
ed and discharged under the boiler fur
uaCcs.
A new 200 horse power Bass Corlis
engine has been purchased aud vii
be shortly erected In the same eugin,
room in which the present N6rdberg l0l
horse power Corliss engine is situated
the large engine being used 10y day an,