Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins State Historic Site

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name = Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
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location = Citrus County, Florida, USA
nearest_city = Homosassa, Florida
lat_degrees = 28
lat_minutes = 47
lat_seconds = 02
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 82
long_minutes = 36
long_seconds = 25
long_direction = W
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established = August 12, 1970
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governing_body = Florida Department of Environmental ProtectionInfobox_nrhp
name = Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
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Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located in Homosassa, off U.S. 19. It contains the ruins of a sugar plantation owned by David Levy Yulee. Yulee was part of the Territorial Legislative Council, and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate after Florida became a state. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1970.

The original plantation covered more than 5,000 acres (20 km²), worked by approximately 1,000 slaves. Among the crops raised were sugar cane, citrus, and cotton. The mill (which was steam-driven) ran from 1851 to 1864. It produced sugar, syrup and molasses, the last of which was part of the rum-making process. Remaining is the stonework (foundation, well and chimney), a cane press, and some of the other machinery.

References and external links

* [http://www.floridastateparks.org/Yuleesugarmill/default.cfm Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park] at [http://www.floridastateparks.org Florida State Parks]
* [http://www.abfla.com/parks/YuleeSugarMill/yulee.html Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park] at [http://www.abfla.com Absolutely Florida]