Alabama Distilling Company

This article is about the historic distillery on Five Mile Creek. For the Tuscaloosa company, see Alabama Distilling Co. (Tuscaloosa).

The Alabama Distilling and Feeding Company was a distillery operated by J. L. Lockwood on Five Mile Creek north of East Lake. It was known for keeping hogs and cattle which were "fed from the refuse of the still."

In October 4 1898 the company's plant and livestock were confiscated by the United States for selling liquor without license.

In 1901 Lynchburg, Tennessee distiller Frank "Spoon" Motlow became an investor in the Alabama Distilling Company.

In November 1901 the company was accused by the Jefferson County Sanitary Commission of polluting the creek by letting the waste from its hog pens to flow into the stream.

References

• "Uncle Sam Refused to Compromise Case With the Alabama Distilling Company" (October 25, 1898) The Birmingham Age-Herald, p. 2
• "Claim Still Pollutes Water" (November 17, 1901) The Birmingham Age-Herald, p. 5