My entry for the #monomad challenge.
Cellar E, for all intents and purposes, is very old. Constructed roughly 50 feet below the surface of the Earth in the last 1800's, the current cellar structure was slapped in 1909.
Originally designed to hold beer for government taxation reporting purposes, it now holds various corn syrups at a high temperature.
Certain parts of the cellars are reminiscent of catacombs; lots of rot and decay are present from neglect over the past 100 years.
Despite the neglect, there is a sense of peace here; who knows how many people had been in these spaces over the year, away from the hustle, stress, and noise high above one's head.
Some maintenance has been completed over the years, but even then, the decay seems to want to grow back.
Thanks for stopping by and checking these out! All of these photos were taken with my Pixel 5 and subsequently edited with the Light Room app.
Interesting shots.I like your monochrome style:)
Thanks, the old cellars make it easy!
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thanks so much! Happy to know the photos were enjoyed!
These are some really cool pics man! I love the old, broke down looking stuff like this. We don’t have many underground places like this around here but this one here sounds like it would be sweet to go visit! I love the historical part of it all and thinking of the stuff that went on so many years ago in the place is wild. Going from storing beer at a cooler temperature to storing corn syrup at high temperature. What a change lol
Definitely...the area I live in has a bunch of old caves and tunnels beneath it. Lots of tunnels led to the Mississippi River to move beer around back in the day..then they became bootlegger/speakeasies during Prohibition. Some are still around, but most have been filled in. Now it's just a matter of knowing someone to let you in and see them, which is always tricky