New Smyrna Beach Sugar Mill - New Smyrna Beach, FL
Posted by: lazyCachers
N 29° 00.527 W 080° 56.427
17R E 505799 N 3208960
Also know as the Cruger and dePeyster Plantation, this sugar mill is located just south of CR 44 on Mission Drive in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Waymark Code: WM64YE
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2009
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The Sugar Mill Ruins, once a highly functional sugar mill, were built during the uprisings of the Native Americans in the early 19th century. This 17 acre historic site contains the ruins of a the highly functional sugar mill, as well as other buildings, which were destroyed during the war between the Seminole Indians and the United States. The Sugar Mill Ruins evoke a time long ago when the Seminole Indians fought the settlers, ending the area's molasses and sugar industries. Sugar Mill Ruins, 1050 Old Mission Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168. Phone: 386-427-2284
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One sign at the site states, in part:
"Inside these walls of cut coquina (compressed shell) stood a steam-powered cane crusher, kettles for boiling down juice, and rooms for cooling and crystallizing the sugar."
Another sign states, in part:
"Cruger-dePeyster had big steam-driven rollers for crushing cane."