Cotton Gin

Cotton Gin (HMEKB)

Location: Lexington, SC 29072 Lexington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 59.267', W 81° 14.383'

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This c. 1850 building once stood north of the Saluda River in the Dutch Forks Pineridge area. Turned by one or two mules or horses, the wooden gears underneath powered the saw-toothed gin upstairs to extract seed from raw cotton. Working eight hours, this cotton engine (i.e., "gin") could clean 400 lbs. of cotton, the standard weight of one bale in the 1850s. Relocated here in 1970, damaged in the 1994 tornado, restored in 1995.
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HM NumberHMEKB
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Date Added Friday, September 5th, 2014 at 6:01am PDT -07:00
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Cotton Gin
33.98778333, -81.23971667
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 477859 N 3760827
Decimal Degrees33.98778333, -81.23971667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 59.267', W 81° 14.383'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 59' 16.02" N, 81° 14' 22.98" W
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Area Code(s)803
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 400 Columbia Ave, Lexington SC 29072, US
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