Ocean View, Delaware Birthplace of The Commercial Broiler Industry (S-78) - Ocean View, DE
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muffy53
N 38° 32.838 W 075° 05.282
18S E 492328 N 4266545
Located on the grounds of the Ocean View Town Hall
Waymark Code: WM9G9J
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2010
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The sign reads:
BIRTHPLACE OF THE COMMERCIAL BROILER INDUSTRY
In 1923, Cecile Long Steele started a flock of 500 chicks. At 16 weeks, they weighed 2 and 1/4 pounds and sold for 62 cents a pound. By 1989, growers produce birds of twice the weight in half the time. Sussex County leads the nation in broiler production, now a multibillion dollar industry.
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