De Leon Springs in Volusia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Sugar Mill Machinery

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, December 15, 2021

1. Sugar Mill Machinery Marker

Inscription. Two examples of sugar cane crushing machinery from the mid-1800s are shown below. Dunlawton Plantation used machinery similar to what you see displayed here but the mill was steam powered. Spring Garden Plantation (here) was the only water powered sugar mill in Florida.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce.

Location. 29° 8.033′ N, 81° 21.806′ W. Marker is in De Leon Springs, Florida, in Volusia County. It can be reached from the intersection of Ponce Deleon Boulevard and South County Road 3. Marker is located within De León Springs State Park, on the west side of the Old Spanish Sugar Mill. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 601 Ponce Deleon Boulevard, De Leon Springs FL 32130, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First Coast.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically,

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it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Who Built the Sugar Mill? (a few steps from this marker); The Fountain of Youth (a few steps from this marker); Sugar Mill Wheel (a few steps from this marker); Ponce De Leon Springs (within shouting distance of this marker); The Hotel Clubhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); How Old Are the Live Oak Trees? (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); De Leon Springs Becomes a State Park (about 400 feet away); Horse-Drawn Road Graders (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in De Leon Springs.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Spring Garden Plantation Sugar Mill

Also see . . . Many Layers of History at De Leon Springs.

The plantation was drawn into the Second Seminole War and the Civil War, when it was raided twice. Seminoles burned buildings in 1835, which resulted in future

2. Marker detail: Dunlawton Sugar Mill, Volusia County Park, South of Daytona
President Colonel Zachary Taylor sending troops to the area. The mill was dismantled, and crops destroyed in 1864, this time by Union troops, whose goal was to cut off supplies, mainly corn and cattle, to the Confederacy. The building here today was reconstructed in the early 1900s; it became the famous Old Spanish Sugar Mill restaurant in 1961.

(Submitted on December 30, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Marker detail: Water Powered Sugar Mill in South America image. Click for full size.

3. Marker detail: Water Powered Sugar Mill in South America

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, December 15, 2021

4. Sugar Mill Machinery Marker

Sugar Mill Machinery from the 1800s image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, December 15, 2021

5. Sugar Mill Machinery from the 1800s

Kettles for boiling sugar cane juice

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, December 15, 2021

6. Sugar Mill Machinery from the 1800s

Cane crushing cylinders

Credits. This page was last revised on January 1, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 30, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 687 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 30, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.