Sugar Cane Mill

Object/Artifact

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The Great Bend Museum

Name/Title

Sugar Cane Mill

Entry/Object ID

1992.06.01

Description

The mill weighs 1500 lbs. Has "Elmer & Forkner's sugar mill, No.2" stamped on the side. Has 3 roller corrugated roller - 1 large and 2 smaller on the top. Propelled by a long curved pole pulled by a horse. Mr Lehew states the last time he used it , he used a small tractor to power it. The mill was shipped from Georgia up the Mississippi, Ohio and Kanawha Rivers and winding up on a farm in Arbuckle, where Mr.Lehew purchased it.

Acquisition

Accession

1992.06

Source or Donor

Dale Lehew

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mill, Cane