Turpentine / Venice Ice House

Turpentine / Venice Ice House (HM2CCH)

Location: Nokomis, FL 34275 Sarasota County
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Country: United States of America
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N 27° 7.248', W 82° 26.704'

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Turpentine
Early in the 20th Century, turpentine camps were established in Nokomis and Venice. Typically black laborers cut a V-shaped "cat face" in the bark of pine trees, from which gum oozed into a clay or tin pot nailed to the tree. Others collected the gum, and the "stiller" heated it in a wood-fired still to produce the distilled turpentine and the resin residue. The finished products were shipped by rail to distant markets. R. S. Hall & W. O. Harrison leased land west of the railroad in Nokomis for a turpentine operation that used convict labor. The practice of leasing state convicts for labor was made illegal in 1919.
Venice Ice House
As part of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' development of the current City of Venice in the 1920s, the Venice Ice Company operated next to the railroad in Nokomis. At a time when homes and businesses did not have electric refrigeration, a cake of ice, delivered daily, kept food cold in an icebox. The Venice Ice Company produced 20-tons of ice a day to serve the southern part of the county.
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HM NumberHM2CCH
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Date Added Monday, October 15th, 2018 at 8:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 356772 N 3000638
Decimal Degrees27.12080000, -82.44506667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 27° 7.248', W 82° 26.704'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds27° 7' 14.88" N, 82° 26' 42.24" W
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Area Code(s)941
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 411 Palm Ave, Nokomis FL 34275, US
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