Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park

Coordinates: 28°47.0′N 82°36.4′W / 28.7833°N 82.6067°W / 28.7833; -82.6067
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Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
Ruins of a sugar mill at the park
Map showing the location of Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
Map showing the location of Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
Location of the park in Florida
Map showing the location of Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
Map showing the location of Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park (the United States)
LocationCitrus County, Florida, United States
Nearest cityHomosassa, Florida
Coordinates28°47.0′N 82°36.4′W / 28.7833°N 82.6067°W / 28.7833; -82.6067
EstablishedAugust 12, 1970
Governing bodyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
NRHP reference No.70000179[1]

Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park is a

Confederate Congress
. He is credited with having developed a network of railroads that tremendously boosted the state's economy.

At Homosassa, Yulee established a farm of some 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) worked by about 1,000

confederate soldiers with sugar products and was largely destroyed during the American Civil War.[4]

At the park, the stonework (foundation, well and 40-foot chimney) of the mill, iron gears, a cane press, and some of the other machinery remain.[3] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1970.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park Archived June 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Florida State Parks
  3. ^ a b Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park, Absolutely Florida
  4. ^ "Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park". Florida State Parks. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

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