Late 1950,s hauled a load of “2 fuel oil to this brewery in dead of winter. Line to the tanks full of frozen black oil, so I was there all night while the “2 took the frozen “5 out of the line. Coolers all over the place with bottled beer so I enjoyed one
Hauled a load of “2 fuel oil into this brewery in. About 1960. The line to the storage tanks was plugged with the frozen black oil and this d red aged oüt unloading ❤all night . Nenerfforot it!
Just watched your video. I grew up near the brewery in St. Paul and have a calendar the city put out that tells the history of Swede Hollow, the brewery and Phalen lake, which trickles through town and through the brewery. If you are interested I can scan and email it for your next video or two.
I just had a thought that I've never had before: I wonder if Hamm's (and beers like it) actually tasted good back in the 1920's when the founders recipes were followed with real, actually quality ingredients?
I remember taking a tour of the brewery as a kid in the 1960s. I was disappointment there was no mention of the Rathskeller. My best memory of the brewery was watching the 1980 USA Hockey Miracle game there when it was owned by Oly.
father and grandfather worked at hamms. said to be an aweful place to work.they did sell cardboard trays of dented cans to workers for 50 cents of 24 cans. hamms and schmidts were aweful beer after prohibition.the tour was fun as we got up to the tower for orange soda and tiny pretzels. that area of saint paul was massive industry with hamms, whirlpool and home base of 3M. whirlpool and hamms and several other corporations closed at the same time.
Man, what a shame. This house had a lot of potential. Beautiful moldings on the doors and windows. Loved the newel post and stair railing going upstairs. I wish someone could grab those pocket doors out of there before the whole place collapses... Once the roof starts going on a building, it's not long before the whole place starts going... Gotta take care of your roof!
6:40 I've explored the cave tunnels many times and mapped out the whole entire system, It's like a maze down there. It's been about 3 years since I've been in there.
The room around the 12min mark w the bourbon kettles: my friends and I found a 500lb steel ball bearing and dropped it from the top floor. Felt like a bomb detonated inside that place!
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I walk by this building all the time. I've always wanted to go inside -- I'm so curious. Someone is taking care of it, though...at least somewhat. The lawn is always mowed in the summertime, and there are cars parked there once in a while.
LOL! "this attic goes over the entire house" - ever been in a house before? Also congrats captain candy ass for conquering your fears of NOTHING! "this is terrifying" "wish me luck" - my god, what a drama queen - get off the tit already junior...
Yeah, at Nash park across from the river view center, that tree the oldest elder of it kid by the water, by it, u can see q gateway to a tunnel system in the river. This year on the opposite side of the building when they were doing way too long of a road construction you can see them working on tunnels a tunnel system that acted like it went underneath the water a little bit diagonal towards the smell that's shut down and now they're building the most gigantic m************ jail then slave us all and they're digging deep as the m***********
This dog track losing money year after year which is why there was a 2005 court ruling of Kelo vs New London, Connecticut favoring more eminent domain activity meaning if there were laws favoring eminent domain in the 1990's meaning this dog track would have been put out of misery sooner O.K!!!!
What a hidden gem. The finds you came across where cool! From the “For a very sweet graduate” card, To “To my Valentine” and let’s not forget bout the Six-20 Brownie Special camera! So legit! Cam work was good throughout, narration was on point and would like to hear more of it to carry me through as I watch. See you in the next one and as always, Explore On 📷
I live in Wisconsin, so this is very interesting to me. By watching this video, I realize abandoned houses can be dangerous. But they can also be fascinating. I was worried the floor (or the stairs) would collapse on you. I’m glad it didn’t. This video is unique in that it’s interesting, and educational, but a little scary at the same time. I’m glad I found this channel. And I’m glad it’s about the Midwest! Subscribed.
there are many caves under and around this building, very awesome and cool back stories, originally used to grow mushrooms. would absolutely love to get in the old brewery and explore, but it isn’t worth the consequences if caught, which is very easy to be done, police constantly patrolling sense it’s been high for graffiti and destruction of property. Hamms has been my family’s beer for generations, my dad recently passed and I got Sascha/Sasha(The Hamms Bear) tattooed on my left forearm with him holding a sign with my dads name, birth, and death date. the history behind the name Hamm’s is very cool and unique. absolutely amazing to me actually. thank you for the video!
Awesome video. And love the history. Great job. And thank you for history. Best recent video yet. Sad at hamms being gone. But love the history. Again great job.
hello @midwest urbex the ells family rebranded bedrockcity into dustys dino town not dinoland then due to health ells closed and sold the 30 acre land wich is set up for multi resisdenail wich iam against and from time to time dino town pops up as a small exhibit at the pacific national exhibiton the chilliwack rodeo grounds and now home at i belive fun land at cultus lake ...i worked at dustys dino town in 2002 it was one of my first jobs
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3 years late 😂 but new owners paid 1.5 million to buy the park. New owner started the licensing negotiations to continue to use the characters, but it was too expensive so they didn’t do it’ so sad lots of great memories
I've walked past this place so many times and wanted so badly to go inside, but there's way too many aggressive homeless ppl in the surrounding park for me to feel safe going. Thank you for uploading this so I can experience it!
To clarify, as of 2017 there were No Trespassing signs posted thruout the park. The park was sold as licensing was not going to be renewed due to lack of upkeep by the Owner. The new Owner's have opted to go in a different direction with the property. As of 2017 the train still operates.
Susan Anderson to clarify, the old owner took pretty good care of it but sold it to retire and the new owners tried to get another license but it didn’t work out for whatever reason so they demolished the park instead.
I worked as a security guard there winter of 77 , very huge place . They had three different routes we had to take making rounds with a total of four guards and you went alone on those rounds pretty damn scary cuz you can get lost really easy 😯😯
