New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins - New Smyrna Beach, FL
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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: WM64YK
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2009
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The Volusia County Heritage web site, (
visit link) , states:
"In 1830, Henry Cruger and William Depeyster purchased 600 acres to build a sugar mill. The land had been part of the original Turnbull grant which became a part of the Second Spanish period grant to Dr. Ambrose Hull. Using the land as collateral, they secured a $10,000 loan for the purchase of steam equipment from the West Point Foundry in Cold Springs, New York. Cruger and Depeyster's venture was ill-timed. Just five years after they began their enterprise, the sugar mill was destroyed by the warring Seminole Indians. Today its beautiful arched walls remain to remind us of the industry and endeavors of their ill-fated partnership."