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The Cathedral of Rum in Cataño, Puerto Rico is the world's largest rum distillery. [1] The Bacardi Distillery is located on 55 hectares (137 acres) and consists of forty-four buildings and structures, twenty-four of which contribute to its historical character. [2] It can be accessed from and is located at the intersection of PR-165 and PR-888.
The name Rum was a synonym for the medieval Eastern Roman Empire and its peoples, as it remains in modern Turkish. [8] The name is derived from the Aramaic (romī) and Parthian (frwm) names for ancient Rome, via the Greek Ῥωμαῖοι (Romaioi). [9] The Sultanate of Rum seceded from the Seljuk Empire under Suleiman ibn Qutalmish in 1077.
The masts of this line were designed for eventual upgrade to 380 kV. However the first transmission at 380 kV in Germany was on October 5, 1957 between the substations in Rommerskirchen and Ludwigsburg–Hoheneck. The world's first 380 kV power line was built in Sweden, the 952 km Harsprånget – Hallsberg line in 1952.
The transfer of 65 hectares of mixed land, three crofts, 10 domestic properties and eight non-domestic properties in and around Kinloch village to the Isle of Rum Community Trust took place in two phases in 2009 and 2010.
The rum was left to age in the vats for around two years before being run into casks ready for despatch. [11] By the end of the nineteenth century the vats at Deptford were 32 in number, providing a total capacity of 230,000 gallons.
Rum is a liquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is often aged in barrels of oak. Rum originated in the Caribbean in the 17th century, but today it is produced in nearly every major sugar-producing region of the world. Rums are produced in various grades.
The Rum Patrol was an operation of the United States Coast Guard to interdict liquor smuggling vessels, known as "rum runners" in order to enforce prohibition in American waters. On 18 December 1917, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution was submitted to the states by Congress .
Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; bootlegging is applied to smuggling over land. Smuggling usually takes place to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular ...