People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1897 — A MONSTER WINE VAT. [ARTICLE]

A MONSTER WINE VAT.

Largest Tank In tlie World Being Set Up In San Francisco. The largest oak wine vat in the world is being set up by the California Wine association at the Lachman cellar, on Brattan street, in San Francisco. The famous Heidelberg casket is a baby by the side of the newcomer. It has the proportions of a two story cottage, and on its bottom four quadrille sets could be danced with ease. 3 The Heidelberg w-onder has a capacity * of 50,000 gallons, while this San Francisco monster is to hold 80,000 gallons. The huge cask is oval shaped on the ground and measures 27% by 80 feet in each direction, while tho great sides rise to a height of 20 feet and are from 2% to 8 inches in thickness. The wood used will weigh 20 tons, and the iron hoops would turn the scales at about six tons.