Distillation

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This file appears in: First Coal by Rail

Along with coal, Robert Triplett tried his hand at a variety of industries including whiskey distillation. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: First Coal by Rail

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #743 in Daviess County commemorates Robert Triplett, a coal magnate who constructed the first railway in the state. Triplett was a Virginian who arrived in the Owensboro area…