Hiram Walker Peoria
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:24 pm
I was in Peoria last week and went looking for the old Hiram Walker Distillery there, which is today an ADM plant making ethanol. I'm not sure if it's potable ethanol, fuel ethanol, or both.
It wasn't hard to find, just south of downtown on the west bank of the Illinois River. I couldn't figure out how to get close or even find a place where I could take a good picture. (The opposite side of the river is occupied by a huge Caterpillar complex.)
But it doesn't looks very much different than it did in this picture.
Trying to find river access on the east bank almost got me to Pekin, where there is another still-operating vodka/ethanol distillery, but I don't know its pedigree.
It wasn't hard to find, just south of downtown on the west bank of the Illinois River. I couldn't figure out how to get close or even find a place where I could take a good picture. (The opposite side of the river is occupied by a huge Caterpillar complex.)
But it doesn't looks very much different than it did in this picture.
Trying to find river access on the east bank almost got me to Pekin, where there is another still-operating vodka/ethanol distillery, but I don't know its pedigree.