Homosassa in Citrus County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Kettles and Operation

Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 22, 2021

1. Kettles and Operation Marker

Inscription.
The juice flowed from the settling vats into the “grande,” the largest of five kettles built into the furnace below. The “grande” was also the coolest, being farthest from the “batterie” kettle under which the furnace was fired. The chimney draft pulled the heat from the fire through the furnace to heat the other kettles. The heated juice was hand dipped from the larger to the smaller kettle and ended as syrup in the “batterie,” the smallest and hottest. Here it reached the “strike” (sugar) stage. It was then ladeled into a trough and poured into large wooden vats where sugar crystals began to form as it cooled. After hardening it was spaded into slices, carried in small tubs to the "purgery" (curing room) and packed in hogsheads (wooden barrels).

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

Location. 28° 47.052′ N, 82° 36.475′ W. Marker is in Homosassa, Florida, in Citrus County. It is on West Yulee Drive 0.1 miles north of West Bresler Court, on the right when traveling south. The marker stands within a small roadside state roadside park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10407 W Yulee Dr, Homosassa FL 34448, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

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, 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

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within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Steam Engine and Gears (a few steps from this marker); Removing the Juice from the Cane (a few steps from this marker); David Levy Yulee (a few steps from this marker); Old Homosassa Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Stage Stand Cemetery (approx. 2.2 miles away); Florida Boom Sidewalk (approx. 2.4 miles away); Bicentennial Park War Memorial (approx. 6.3 miles away); Kings Bay Park (approx. 7.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Homosassa.

Also see . . . Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins. (Submitted on June 25, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 22, 2021

2. Kettles and Operation Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 513 times since then and 45 times this year. Last updated on December 6, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 25, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.