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Lost · lost building · 1772

Caldwell’s Distillery

Site of Alexander Caldwell’s rum distillery at the foot of Kent Street, founded in 1772; the family business closed with Prohibition in 1918. A new Caldwell company opened on Pearson’s Wharf in 1934.

Laid out
1772
On the walk
The Rail Trail: Mills, Ropewalks and Old Hill

Nothing of it stands today. Photographs, old views and ephemera for this place are still to come.

The map pin for this place is approximate.