Archive record · Brewery
Southwestern Brewery and Ice Co.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-BEQ2S8HH
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Ownership as recorded: Historical ownership timeline remains incomplete. Later Rankin/Loeb control and the Western Brewery and Ice Company rename require dedicated corporate chronology.. Pass 17 entity correction: first Southwestern Brewing Co. (1883–1887) is now a separate predecessor. Later Southwestern Brewery & Ice Co. operated the successor complex and eventually used the Western Brewery and Ice Company name. [New Mexico Pass 19]
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Events
- Albuquerque's first brewery built just north of later complex.1883
Opening
- Replacement brewery functioning about six months after June 1887 fire.1887
- Present major brick complex constructed in multi-year capital improvement program.1897-19
SITE_BUILD
- Later ice/distilled-water operation ultimately ceased; brewing had never restarted after Prohibition.1997
NON_BREWING_BUSINESS_END
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