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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15B2_boiling-room_Poultney-St-John.html
Intense heat. Steam rising from huge cauldrons. A foreman shouting to watch the last copper. This empty ruin was once the heart of Annaberg's sugar operation.Workers ladled the cane juice from kettle to kettle, gradually concentrating and purifyin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15B1_horse-mill_Poultney-St-John.html
When the breeze died, mules, horses or oxen plodded an endless circle in the sun while slaves fed cane to the rollers. A box at the base caught and held the juice until the factory called for more. In the early 1900's, after the sugar industry dec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15B0_windmill_Poultney-St-John.html
If there was a steady breeze, cane was brought to the windmill. Revolving sails turned a central shaft, rotating the rollers and crushing the stalks. Juice ran down the rollers into the gutter and flowed downhill to the factory.The windmill, as we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15AZ_slave-quarters_Poultney-St-John.html
Primarily used for sleeping and household storage, typical "wattle and daub"' huts with woven stick walls (wattle), dirt floors, and tyre palm roofs comprised Annaberg's slave quarters on the slope below. The exteriors were plastered (daubed) with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15AY_annaberg-historic-trail_Poultney-St-John.html
As you wander the ruins, picture the thriving 18th-19th century sugar factory: big rollers crushing the cane, juice pouring down to the boiling room, and everywhere the thick scent of rum and molasses. This was the Danish plantation era, when suga…