The Three Chimneys
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Markerman62
N 29° 16.734 W 081° 04.540
17R E 492649 N 3238888
One of two markers at the site on W. Granada Blvd.
Waymark Code: WMKT0V
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2014
Views: 9
The Three Chimneys is the site of the oldest British sugar plantation, sugar mill and rum distillery in the United States. It was in operation from the late 1760's until the Revolutionary War.
The site was part of a 20,000-acre grant awarded to Richard Oswald by King George III in 1764 for the production of sugar, rum and indigo.
Originally known as the Swamp Settlement, it consisted of over 300 cleared acres and included outbuildings, an overseer's house, grain houses, a sugar house, distillery works, and a sugar mill.
Marker Number: 0
Date: 2012
County: Volusia
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: National Society Daughters of the American Colonists, project of the 2009-2012 administration Georgia C. Holder, National President, Patricia G. Roberts, Florida State Regent
Website: Not listed
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