The best relic of our building's past is the keyed drive gear from the old printing press. It is sitting in the basement about four feet up on a concrete foundation that supported the motor, which is gone. I'm waiting until we open the floor above to pull it and figure out what to do with it since it's pretty heavy. It's greasy as hell too, but that is a good thing since it houses bearings so one of the gears can spin independently. In the picture you can see the shaft it was once mounted on:
Part of Saturday's deluge found its way into the basement, which is now pretty much empty so nothing got damaged. In a brewery you want nicely sloped floors that carry the inevitable wet mess to a floor drain. Not exactly what we have inherited as you can see, but that's on the docket for improvement soon:
