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and brick piers with corbelling separating some of the windows at the upper levels. This building was designed by Adam Wagner, a well-known designer of breweries, and was built in 1892. Also on the property are a c. 1900 ice house, a 1911 boiler house, and several modern garages. The order of operations of large-scale beer brewing are still evident in the interior of the building (mostly used now as a warehouse), from fermentation, to storage and settling, to bottling.
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neighborhood at the northeast corner of Harris Avenue and Eagle Street. The principal building of the plant is a three-story brick structure with stone trim. Decorative features include round-arched windows set in recessed panels, a rusticated stone stringcourse between the first and second floors,
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worked at the brewery as a young man just out of college in the 1890s. Ironically, Collins was responsible for prosecuting Prohibition cases during his time as special assistant to the United States Attorney for Rhode Island from 1921–23. Collins also served as Mayor of Providence 1939—1941.
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that operated between 1892 and 1922. It is a well-preserved example of a state of the art late 19th century brewery building, its original functions still discernible in its layout. It was only used as a brewery until 1922, when it was shut down by
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The brewery was founded in 1892 by James Hanley, an Irish immigrant, and featured state of the art facilities of the period, including the installation of two industrial-scale climate control systems needed to control temperatures for the
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
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The American Brewing Company Plant is located in Providence's
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

American Brewing Company Plant is located in Rhode Island
American Brewing Company Plant is located in the United States
Providence, Rhode Island
41°49′29″N 71°26′6″W / 41.82472°N 71.43500°W / 41.82472; -71.43500
Adam C. Wagner
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American Brewing Company
Providence, Rhode Island
Prohibition
National Register of Historic Places
Federal Hill
lagering
beer
John F. Collins
National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island
List of breweries in Rhode Island
List of defunct breweries in the United States


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