Sect Wine Company, St. Louis, Missouri, ca. 1887

This illustration shows the racking or clearing departments of the Sect Wine Company, where “Koehler’s Sect,” was cleared of sediment after fermentation. From: J.W. Leonard, The industries of Saint Louis. Her relations as a center of trade, manufacturing establishments and business houses. St. Louis, MO: J.M. Elstner & Co., 1887, p. 179.