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London's great beer flood - HistoryExtra
This is the story of one of the most bizarre tragedies in human history. In the early 19th century, Meux and Company operated the Horse Shoe...
This is the story of one of the most bizarre tragedies in human history. In the early 19th century, Meux and Company operated the Horse Shoe...
To top it off, Parliament gave the company a full tax refund on the spilled alcohol!... It started at Meux & Co's Horse Shoe Brewery on Tottenham...
Back in October 1814, the Meux and Company Brewery was a bustling site located in the St. Giles neighborhood of London, an area densely...
At the Meux and Company Brewery on Tottenham Court Road, a massive iron hoop snapped off a 22-foot-tall wooden fermentation vat. The vat, filled...