Steam Engine of the Florida Manufacturing Company
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Thorny1
N 30° 27.608 W 083° 24.807
17R E 268276 N 3372248
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Waymark Code: WM4MJ5
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2008
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Steam Engine of the Florida Manufacturing Company
Across Range Street, this unit was used in cotton and peanut processing until 1919 and later carried to Taylor County for use in the lumber industry. With a 5-foot Piston Stroke and a 16-foot Drive Wheel, this 500 HP Engine pulled 65 gins in the World's Largest Sea Island Cotton Processing Plant. It was given to the Society by Earl Lee Loughridge and installed by Jesse Hughey and Paul McClune.
Erected by the Madison County Historical Society
Clare Gint Copeland, President
Ruth Scruggs Reams, Vice President
Edwin B. Browning, Sr., Monuments Chairman
Society Emblem by George Adams Dietrich
Marker Number: n/a
Date: 1975
County: Madison
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: Madison County Historical Society
Website: [Web Link]
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