Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.

Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: March 15, 2009
Caption: Cotton Gin
Additional Description: South of town is this cotton gin facility. In the old days, the harvested cotton arrived in trailers to have the seeds removed. In recent decades, the cotton is instead formed into modular blocks in the field for easier transporting, and processing in bulk.
Submitted: March 30, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p57666
File Size: 0.825 Megabytes

To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.