“The Stegmaier Brewery in Wilkes-Barre, Photo by Owen Vaughn (March 31, 2016)
In 1857, a man named Charles Stegmaier started a small bottling business in Wilkes-Barre. By the turn of the century he had one of the largest brewing businesses in Pennsylvania. His brewery, a massive complex that dominates the sightline of the surrounding area, was operated by four straight generations of Stegmaiers and workers [more…]