The story
Firefighters pumped sewer water through wine pumps to save the West Coast's largest whiskey warehouse while churches burned—inspiring a famous poem.
Everything that was here
- 1866–1943
Hotaling BuildingWarehouse
Firefighters pumped sewer water through wine pumps to save the West Coast's largest whiskey warehouse while churches burned—inspiring a famous poem.
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