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The hidden Chimborazo beer vaults
10/06/2009 4:04 PM by John M
Selden Richardson has put up a nice piece on the hidden beer vaults of Chimborazo Park over at The Shockoe Examiner:
Many Richmonders have probably heard of the “beer vaults” that are somewhere under the park, but few know of their history or how extensive they are. A pencil and ink plan from the City Engineer’s office records in the archives of the Library of Virginia shows the position of the vaults and describes their considerable dimensions: six chambers, ranging from 30 to 60 feet long and arranged in a “L” pattern. The vaulted ceilings are approximately twenty feet tall. Considering a GRTC bus is about forty feet long, the large scale of these underground rooms is truly impressive.
Somebody alert Brooks Smith (WCVE) and get him a beer for the tour….Thanks for posting John.
This is SO cool!
Bring me up a beer from thar.
wow-I have always wondered if this was a true story! Thanks John!
Don’t thank me, Selden put this together! Make sure to click through and check out the rest of the piece and the map.
This is one of the coolest posts ever. And I don’t even like beer. Made my morning. 🙂
Thanks for the cross-posting, John. I had hoped this little bit of history would be of particular interest to the CHPN readers.
Also:
HOLMBERG: Deep-down RVA – a new life for 145-year-old underground beer vaults?
http://wtvr.com/2014/01/11/holmberg-deep-down-rva-a-new-life-for-145-year-old-underground-beer-vaults/
Great Holmberg story, good companion piece to the Selden Richardson one.
“1866 BEER CELLARS IN VA NOMINATED AS HISTORIC SITE”
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1866-beer-cellars-va-nominated-historic-site
Beer vaults. <3