Bright-Leaf Tobacco Barns
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Markerman62
N 36° 45.080 W 079° 23.020
17S E 644287 N 4068505
Tobacco barns were located in this area around Dry Fork.
Waymark Code: WM13150
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2020
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By the latter decades of the 19th century, bright-leaf tobacco harvested across Southside Virginia was typically cured in hand-hewn log barns outfitted with wood-burning stoves. Inside these barns, tobacco leaves were hung from sticks that rested on horizontal tier-poles. Flues (or ducts) distributed heat, which cured the leaves while protecting them from smoke. The leaves were then stored in pack barns, graded for quality, and sent to auction. Flue cure tobacco barns were retrofitted with oil and gas burners after World War II and fell into disuse with the introduction of bulk-curing barns in the 1970s.
Department of Historic Resources, 2014
Marker Number: L 55
Marker Title: Bright-Leaf Tobacco Barns
Marker Location: On US 29 at Stone Montain Road, Dry Fork
County or Independent City: Pittsylvania County
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
Web Site: Not listed
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