Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- 21 A Survey of Britain
- 22 A Survey of London
- 23 A Record of London, 1
- 24 A Record of London, 2
- 25 A Record of London, 3
- 26 A Record of Liverpool, 1
- 27 A Record of Liverpool, 2
- 28 A Record of Manchester, 1
- 29 A Record of Manchester, 2
- 30 A Record of Glasgow
- 31 A Record of Edinburgh
- 32 A Tour of the Highlands
- 33 A Record of Newcastle, 1
- 34 A Record of Newcastle, 2
- 35 A Record of Bradford
- 36 A Record of Sheffield
- 37 A Record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire
- 38 A Record of Birmingham
- 39 A Record of Cheshire
- 40 A Record of London, 4
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
37 - A Record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- 21 A Survey of Britain
- 22 A Survey of London
- 23 A Record of London, 1
- 24 A Record of London, 2
- 25 A Record of London, 3
- 26 A Record of Liverpool, 1
- 27 A Record of Liverpool, 2
- 28 A Record of Manchester, 1
- 29 A Record of Manchester, 2
- 30 A Record of Glasgow
- 31 A Record of Edinburgh
- 32 A Tour of the Highlands
- 33 A Record of Newcastle, 1
- 34 A Record of Newcastle, 2
- 35 A Record of Bradford
- 36 A Record of Sheffield
- 37 A Record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire
- 38 A Record of Birmingham
- 39 A Record of Cheshire
- 40 A Record of London, 4
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
Summary
November 1st, 1872. Cloudy; a little rain.
At ten o'clock in the morning we left Mr. Wilson's house in Sheffield to catch a train at Midland Station. Mr. Wilson and his brother accompanied us to the station. From here we travelled across Derbyshire. The countryside was all flat, and after forty-four miles we arrived at Burton-on-Trent, a town in Staffordshire, where beer was brewed. We alighted here to visit one of the breweries.
The Allsopp family's brewery was a very large concern, occupying almost the whole town. They had arranged for a meal to be prepared and, after meeting us at the station, entertained us to lunch in the board-room. After lunch we went to the brewery, which occupied about fifty acres. It was like a small town in itself: the site was criss-crossed by twelve miles of roadway. Since we could not have visited the whole brewery on foot in half a day, a railway wagon had been carpeted and provided with seats to convey us along tracks inside the premises. After a quick tour of the different parts of the brewery, we were shown, briefly, the brewing process. Below ground level were the cellars, where there were a total of 10,000 casks. We were told that these would all be dispatched in the coming month, and that some of them would even find their way to Japan.
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- Japan RisingThe Iwakura Embassy to the USA and Europe, pp. 192 - 195Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009