George Basserman
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George A.[1] Basserman was a noted brewery owner in the Cedar Hill neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut during the late 19th century. Born in Germany in 1832, and came to New Haven in 1851.
Basserman was owner of the Rock Brewery on State and Rock St[2]. He blasted a cellar in at the foot of East Rock to start his brewery under which he has excavated a cellar, 200 feet deep, 24 feet wide, and 16 feet high, for storing his brewings.[3] The average production of this brewery amounts to from 1 5,000 to 20,000 barrels a year. Once in business, he made a large bottling plant. The brewery proper comprises a three-story building, partly of stone, 185 by 50 feet in dimensions, while the attached sheds and barns cover an area 688 by 50 feet. Although the building was destroyed in a fire, part of the wall remains. Across the street he built a residence for his employees, which was later known as the "George Basserman Building".
George Basserman was married to Emily. They had a daughter named Anna who married Mr. William Hall August 2, 1914 [5]
[edit] References
- ^ Atlantic Reporter
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/13/nyregion/new-haven-a-city-of-beer-making-until-prohibition.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 New York Times: New Haven, a City Of Beer Making (Until Prohibition)
- ^ NY times article about Beer in New Haven
- ^ http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcityofn00atwa Author: Edward E. (Edward Elias) Atwater Title: History of the city of New Haven to the present time pg 141
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=yQsWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA522&dq=New+Haven,++historical+buildings+basserman&hl=en&ei=g7wPTOu-OoWEnQfNicWbDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=basserman&f=false A modern history of New Haven and eastern New Haven County, Volume 2 By Everett Gleason Hill pg 522
[edit] External links
- NY Times article with George Basserman name in it in 1876, It was a group of Beer brewery men fighting the IRS and the Government to not restrict them.
- Directory listing for Rock Brewery 1874 pg 260
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