Cultural artifact

[kelu]

Hmm... and I thought that Americans have more rights than East-Europeans

[Ironbear]

Appalachian culture, that is.

Certainly a lot prettier, than the one my mom inherited from my grandmother!!!!

[dorminWS]

All your answers are contained the Code of Virginia, Title 4.1 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act

§ 4.1-300. Illegal manufacture and bottling; penalty


Universal Citation: VA Code § 4.1-300 (2014)
A. Except as otherwise provided in §§ 4.1-200 and 4.1-201, no person shall manufacture alcoholic beverages in the Commonwealth without being licensed under this title to manufacture such alcoholic beverages. Nor shall any person, other than a brewery licensee or bottler's licensee, bottle beer for sale.

B. The presence of mash at an unlicensed distillery shall constitute manufacturing within the meaning of this section.

C. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Code 1950, § 4-57; 1954, c. 484; 1974, c. 460; 1993, c. 866 .

§ 4.1-314. Keeping, possessing or storing still or distilling apparatus without a permit; penalty


Universal Citation: VA Code § 4.1-314 (2014)
No person shall keep, store or have in his possession any still, or distilling apparatus, without a permit from the Board.

Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Code 1950, § 4-77; 1993, c. 866 .

There is lots more where this came from. As you might have guessed!

Edit - btw, federal law does not prohibit ownership of a distilling apparatus.

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That's about what I thought the Code said, but I didn't look it up. Too lazy & no skin in the game.

[jdonovan]

No person shall keep, store or have in his possession any still, or distilling apparatus, without a permit from the Board.

I guess I can't store my tea kettle and cookie sheet near each other any more.

[dorminWS]

I'm told Westmoreland Coal used to have a huge still in their Andover shop. But it was to distill water for the batteries on the miners' mining lights.

[WRW]

I'm told Westmoreland Coal used to have a huge still in their Andover shop. But it was to distill water for the batteries on the miners' mining lights.

Carbide lights?

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[dorminWS]

I'm told Westmoreland Coal used to have a huge still in their Andover shop. But it was to distill water for the batteries on the miners' mining lights.

Carbide lights?

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No. Electric. Batteries used distilled water. They had rooms full of charging racks. Folks used to steal them for coon hunting, but they had to swap batteries out at work because the charging racks were too big to steal. Back then the batteries were pretty big and heavy. Carbide lights went out long ago because the open flame could ignite methane and cause an explosion. When I was a youngster, a lot of the old-timers still had carbide headlamps and they used them for coon hunting. But they were a fire hazard in the woods, too.

[WRW]

I asked because carbide lamps require regular refilling while, after the initial charge, batteries need only occasional replenishment (distilled water being preferred for both). If the still were used during the time of carbide lamps, even if at a different location at that time, it could be used for battery water as well.
I believe it was in the early 30's that carbide began it's decline for mining use.

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[jdonovan]

recreational cavers into the 80's-90's were still running carbide lamps. And it wasn't just an isolated few. Now most of them were headed to non-coal mines, so explosive gas was much less a risk