Dumping Ground

Schmidt Brothers/Crown Brewery

Below McMickin Ave.

Over-The-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

3 Image Autostitch

 

When Prohibition was enacted in 1919 many Cincinnati breweries closed down, at that time this brewery was called the Crown Brewery and during the first few years tried to stay in business producing a near beer called "Tang", but it was to no avail as the brewery was forced to close down in 1925. In the coming years the lagering tunnels became a dump as toilets and scrap were thrown down into them since it was cheaper than to have the city come and pick up the garbage. When the lagering tunnels were reopened within the last few years the garbage was so heaped it took months to remove enough to make it passable. Most of the trash that was removed were shattered toilets. The plywood walkway to the left actually sits on 2 feet of broken toilets.

 

While preparing some images for Brewery District President Steve Hampton I came across a group of images I forgot that I had shot to create panoramic shot of the debris.

Done