a "salesman" pulled into the Turner Motor Company dealership garage fully loaded with “illegal liquor”.
He explained he was having some car trouble. The mechanics decided to let the car cool down while they went home for dinner.
While they were away, the car, which was carrying a full load of illegal liquor, caught fire and sparked an explosion that burned through the floor. Remnants of the vehicles remain in the basement today.
While they were away, the car, which was carrying a full load of illegal liquor, caught fire and sparked an explosion that burned through the floor. Remnants of the vehicles remain in the basement today.
The flooring and walls were rebuilt, leaving the vehicles untouched in the basement for 85 years. They were discovered during basement renovations.
That was a helluva brew.Would've blown your head off,let alone what it did to that car!
ReplyDeleteIs that collum sitting in a barrel of concrete? how bizzare.
ReplyDeleteyes, that's quite an interesting innovation in foundations, but then, it's proven to be vaild, for 95 year since, or more.
DeleteWhat does one put a supporting column on, everywhere else? I know it's not just dirt... so, maybe they dug out big barrel sized holes, put the barrels in, filled with concrete or cement, maybe put the pillars on top of those or in them...
Fascinating look at architecture!
Damn Revenooers! Nuthin' wooda hapen if the stuff was legal! And my mother-in-law is a member of the WCTU.
ReplyDeleteI was going to call BS on "untouched" but then I realized that for the first year or two the employees probably mined the basement pretty voraciously for spare parts.
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