tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136582055438505991.post4553712371035886783..comments2023-08-30T19:47:55.320-05:00Comments on Saint Louis Patina: Falstaff Brewery Plant Five, Former Columbia BreweryChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064334959354090683noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136582055438505991.post-78759554986106731772012-04-13T03:40:49.595-05:002012-04-13T03:40:49.595-05:00Wheels West, in Ellisville, from 1973 until 2003.Wheels West, in Ellisville, from 1973 until 2003.Tom Maher - Kirkwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136582055438505991.post-45203787818816833012012-04-12T20:40:28.996-05:002012-04-12T20:40:28.996-05:00Bicycle store? Which one?Bicycle store? Which one?Casey Rybackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15004336110624800873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136582055438505991.post-47620869601959162382012-04-12T15:26:01.404-05:002012-04-12T15:26:01.404-05:00During college days (and later, during drop-out da...During college days (and later, during drop-out days, before I opened the bicycle store), I worked at American Can on South Kingshighway, just past the park. Our primary business was beverage cans. Our Falstaff cans usually went to the old Plant 10 on Shenandoah and Continental Can up on North Broadway supplied this plant. On occasion we had to help out Continental with a load to #5; for some reason the workers there did not like our cans and frequently found fault with them (same cans as went to #10). I think (italics) plant 1 on Forest Park was all for bottles - not sure, though. <br /><br />OT, but most of Continental's buildings are still there, but long since repurposed. Almost all of American Can's have disappeared, but there is still a small litho presence and one of the huge smokestacks is still there. Our plant was built as Amertorp at the beginning of WWII and was 17 acres under roof; we made the best torpedoes the Navy had! Both us and Continental were raided by KKR years ago and destroyed, as was its wont.<br />The original CANCO plant was a collection of buildings down on the riverfront.Tom Maher - Kirkwoodnoreply@blogger.com