Stillman Checking Readings on Control Panel,
circa 1948; 96.X1.16.

Stillman Checking Temperature,
circa 1948; 96.X1.12.

Stillman Separating Heads, Centres and Tails,
circa 1948; 96.X1.14.

Quality Control Laboratory,
circa 1932; 96.X1.10.

Tank Scale,
Waterloo, Ontario; circa 1975; iron, paint; 92.15.18.

For inventory control purposes, accurate and standard measurements were essential to the operations in Waterloo.  The tank room operator used this scale to measure the amount of spirit stored in a given tank.

Spirit Safe,
Waterloo, Ontario; circa 1970; stainless steel, glass; 93.2.26.

During secondary distillation, a tail box was used to separate unwanted compounds in whisky.  The stillman relied on his nose along with instrument readings to determine when to separate the "heads" (aldehydes and esters) and "tails" (mostly fusel oils) from the "centres" (base whiskies).