Burlington, on Lake Champlain, imported huge amounts of lumber in the early days from Canada. A cottage manufacturing shop not far from the lake employed about 150 people in making furniture. The wood frame building with the red rock foundation still stands. The iron buttresses were added sometime during the 1980's.
This building housed Burlington's former coal company.
Directly behind it is the site of the current Barge Canal Market.
If you look closely, you can still see the original sign.
Dorn's Venetian Beverages were bottled on Pine Street. We saw some of the original bottles. We learned that ginger ale was popular during Prohibition because the beverage had "zing" to it. It was also added to "moonshine" to improve flavor. When Dorn's sold out, Coca Cola bottling took its place. We saw some of the original Dorn beverage bottles.
There was also a laundry on Pine Street. It boasted of its sanitary conditions and invited people of the time to take tours. There were huge windows to let in the maximum amount of light.
One of the most impressive buildings is the Maltex (still called that today). This is where cereal was made - like Wheatina and Maypo.
Our guide showed us what it looked like years ago.
Today it's one of the popular happening places for the Art Hop. Last night this is where the Vermont Jazz Ensemble played (and not far from where the Ben and Jerry's truck parked for free scoops of ice cream for everyone).
After our tour we headed to the Burlington Farmer's Market where Geo had a Peruvian pork slider from one of his fave vendors.
We found a bench in City Hall Park. These guys were quite entertaining. (Burlington's Got Talent!)
We learned a lot about the history of this active former industrial part of Burlington. Now it's primarily a thriving place for the arts, as well as other businesses. It's all part of the South End Arts and Business Association. The walking tour was a pleasant part of the weekend celebration.
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