Facility that manufactures alcoholic beverages through distillation

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A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

The distillery of Deacon Giles seen as the work of the Devil. Coloured wood-engraving after G. B. Cheever, ca. 1835.

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Interior of a distilling laboratory with five people at work. Coloured engraving by M. Engelbrecht's workshop, c. 1720.

We offer you the products of skilled chemistry in our own laboratories... /cManchester Chemical Co. Ltd.

A still house in a whiskey distillery. Wood engraving, late 19th century.

Chemistry: an industrial distillery, in Scotland (?). Engraving, early 19th century.

A drunken man and woman lean against pillars leading to a giant distillery with attendant demon; miscellaneous characters round as border. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.

Processing of tea (?) (Camellia sinensis) in China: one man carries a tray of leaves towards the oven for firing, while another rests and takes tea. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.

The interior of a distillery, with a man seated on a chair smoking a pipe; various objects hanging on the wall. Wash drawing, ca. 1830.

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Distilleries

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We offer you the products of skilled chemistry in our own laboratories... /cManchester Chemical Co. Ltd.

The interior of a distillery, with a man seated on a chair smoking a pipe; various objects hanging on the wall. Wash drawing, ca. 1830.

A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

A still house in a whiskey distillery. Wood engraving, late 19th century.

Distilleries

Images from the collections

Images referencing Distilleries

Works from the collections

We offer you the products of skilled chemistry in our own laboratories... /cManchester Chemical Co. Ltd.

The interior of a distillery, with a man seated on a chair smoking a pipe; various objects hanging on the wall. Wash drawing, ca. 1830.

A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

A still house in a whiskey distillery. Wood engraving, late 19th century.

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