Coopering, making whiskey barrels at Wiley & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist: Michael Walters

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Coopering, making whiskey barrels at Wiley & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. The photograph shows a worker from the bonded warehouse hammering the rings into place on a barrel. These rings hold the individual sections of the barrel compressed and in turn, the fluid inside swells the wood to create a a leakproof vessel. A lot of the barrels used by the whisky industry in the UK were obtained second hand from the Bourbon industry in the US.

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Size: 4033px × 5212px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,South Yorkshire,Sheffield,Sheffield
Photo credit: © Worldwide Photography/Heritage-Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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