Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park | |
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Location | Citrus County, Florida, United States |
Nearest city | Homosassa, Florida |
Coordinates | 28°47.0′N 82°36.4′W / 28.7833°N 82.6067°W |
Established | August 12, 1970 |
Governing body | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park | |
NRHP reference No. | 70000179[1] |
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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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park Archived June 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Florida State Parks
- ^ a b Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park, Absolutely Florida
- ^ "Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park". Florida State Parks. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
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