guinnessstorehouse

Obviously Cantrell and Cochrane the lemonade manufacturers?????

Swordscookie Couldn't be anyone else ;-). Pity there's no "like" button for comments in Flickr.

Hmmm. Assuming these lemonade vats are approx. the same size as the largest Guinness ones, that means a British Army strength of about 290 000 men.

If it's of any help, I have a copy of this book published by Guinness's in 1928 in which this picture and most of Mason's Guinness photographs in the NLI collection are seen. The title under this one is " A corner of No.11 Vat House". "Storage Vats. The Stout having been separated as much as possible from its yeast is then run into large measuring tanks, whence it is pumped into huge vats and stored for various periods according to its quality and the market for which it is intended. The longest storage is given to the foreign Extra Stout, as this is designed for bottling for hot climates and has to be fully matured before exportation. The largest vats are capable of holding about 90,000gallons. Largest Vat Capacity St.James gate........... 90,324 Gallons. Total Vat Capacity St.James gate...........14,782,560 Gallons If it was a commission I'd imagine Mason took them not too long beforehand, possibly 1926/7 ?.. but with the reference to the British army they could well have been reproduced from earlier publications....there seems to have been a few.

You can apparently get a hardwood floor made from these vats.

Is this now the Guiness Storehouse "brand experience" tourist attraction?

Street View

I think so - google aerial view.

Per wikipedia The building in which the Storehouse is located was constructed in 1902 as a fermentation plant for the St. James's Gate Brewery (where yeast is added to the brew). The building was designed in the style of the Chicago School of Architecture and was the first multi-storey steel-framed building to be constructed in Ireland.

See also www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&...

Lots of information and interesting comments from former residents here - comeheretome.com/2012/10/05/the-dublin-working-boys-home-...

Flickr is sometimes amazing! In 2018 via Warren LeMay And a 2005 close-up of the sign under the oriel window via Gerhard Lehner

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Who swiped the oriel window? And the cupola? And the balustrades? The building has been defrillyitusified. Kinlay House on google maps has some interesting interior photos - www.google.com/maps/place/Kinlay+House/@53.3434253,-6.270...

BOYS' TECHNICAL SCHOOL The Lord Lieutenant Opens its New Home The new premises of the Dublin Working Boys' Home and Harding Technical School, in Lord Edward street, were opened to-day by the Lord Lieutenant. The institution was established about fifteen years ago, and during that time about 550 boys have availed themselves of its advantages, many of them remaining as long as seven years in the old premises in Denzille street. A most satisfactory feature in connection with the institution "is that three-fourths of the income required — £800 — have been subscribed by the boys themselves. The necessity, however, for suitable premises was for a long time felt, and it was only in 1886 that an opportunity was afforded of providing such buildings as the increasing extension of the good work demanded. In that year an endowment was allocated to the institution by Mr Thomas Spunner and Mr Francis B Ormsby, the trustees of the will of Miss Anne Middleton Harding, on condition a technical and night school should be opened in connection with the home. The conditions were of course agreed to, and the arrangement was subsequently ratified by a scheme framed by the Commissioners of Educational Endowments. The result was the erection of the present commodious buildings. The site selected, as the audience assembled at the opening ceremony were reminded to-day by the Recorder, was at one time occupied by what was known as the Maiden Tower, with countless ramifications and passages leading to nowhere in particular. The building has a frontage of 162 feet, and on each side of the main entrance there are two shops. At the rere, at Copper alley, a plot has been purchased with the object of providing a play-ground for the boys. There is a suggestion of the Elizabethan style in the architecture, an attractive feature of the frontage being a buff terra cotta oriel bay window. Mount Argus bricks have been largely used in the structure. The interior is elaborately fitted up, the dining-room, in particular, being neatly arranged. There are eight tables, each capable of accommodating six boys. This apartment communicates with the kitchen by means of a sliding window, and on the same floor are spacious pantries, lavatories, &c. On the first floor is the lecture hall, capable of seating 150 persons, and containing a fire-place and platform. The board-room and boy' reading room for boys, are on the same floor. On the second floor is the schoolroom, and here also are the dormitories and bath-rooms. The dormitories are capable of affording accommodation for 6O residents, while in the technical and night schools about 100 pupils may be instructed. The boys from Denzille street have already moved into the new premises. The ages of the boys who usually attend the home range from 14 to 19, and they are obliged to pay in fees, which includes board, lodging, and washing, the comparatively small sum of from 5s 6d to 7s 6d per week. Messrs H and J Martin deserve credit for the manner in which they have performed their contract under the supervision of Mr A E Murray, the architect.

(Evening Herald, 22 February 1892)