Thursday, October 23, 2014

On This Date in Minnesota History: October 23

October 23, 1907 - According to the Duluth Herald, the “Virginia Brewing company recently installed a new pump with a capacity of 300 gallons per minute. A shaft was sunk and the pump placed therein at a depth of twenty feet so that it will be closer to the water supply.

The company has also contracted with Fairbanks, Morse & Co. for the installation of an electric dynamo and engine and as soon as it is installed the company will supply all electric light needed in the brewery. It is necessary to keep up the steam night and day, hence the electric plant can be operated at very small additional cost.”

The Virginia Brewery was named to the National Registry of Historical Places on August 27, 1980.


Duluth Herald; “Virginia Brewery, Has Installed Electric Dynamo and Other Improvements”;  October 23, 1907; p. 10.




Virginia Brewing Company, Virginia, Minn.

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain October 23, 2014,
as long as acknowledgement included.


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