Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-04-29 | Page 21 | World's Largest Vat is Completed

WORLDS WORLD'S LARGEST VAT IS COMPLETED LAHR Baden April The 28 28 Tho famous Camous Heidelberg tub whoso whose hoso ens ea- ca capacity Is gallons gallon has been dethroned aa as the world a a s kIna king of casks Its successor capable of oC l gallons has hIlS been completed by a Q cooperage here for tor an enterprise which plans plan to produce alcoholic spirits after a 1 anew anew new process The giant new hogshead meas meas- measures measures measures ures 24 feet teet 6 Inches across and stands some 21 31 feet teet high Its twelve t great metal bands alone weigh ap- ap approximately ap approximately proximately proximately three tone ton while the staves taves are arc more than four tour Indies thick and the bottom has a thick thick- thickness thickness thickness ness of oC more than five Inches Thir ThIr- ThIrty Thir- Thir Thirty Thirty ty cubic meters of oC wood were re- re reQuired required re required to turn out the tub Its ts cubic meters In would suffice to provide pro 1200 per per- persons persons per persons sons with bath water and It would hold enough b beer er to supply the no- no BV cram G German family for tor 1000 years Tears