Sugar Kettle - Angleton, TX
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N 29° 10.134 W 095° 25.878
15R E 263540 N 3229144
Near the entrance to the Brazoria County Museum is a brick base with a kettle nestled inside. The plaque is attached to the front of this brick base.
Waymark Code: WMY85X
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2018
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Brazoria County was the leading sugar producing county in Texas in the 1840's and 1850's. Sugar cane was grown and processed in sugar mills on large plantations with slave labor.
After the cane was ground and the juice was extracted, the cane juice was cooked in a series of vats or kettles. The boiling juice was skimmed and transferred into progressively smaller kettles until the juice was ready to be ladled into cooling troughs to crystalize.
Sugar cane continued to be grown in Brazoria County until the early 1900's. This kettle came from Turner Ranch near Bonney. It is 7 ft. 4 in. in diameter, 24 in. deep, and holds 576 gallons.
Group that erected the marker: Brazoria County Museum
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
100 E Cedar St.
Angleton, TX USA
77515
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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