Tarboro Cotton Press

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Cotton press in Tarboro

The Tarboro Cotton Press , often referred to as the Norfleet Cotton Press or Edgecombe County Cotton Press , is a screw press for cotton made of wood that was built in Edgecombe County , North Carolina , United States in the mid-18th century . It was later on the Allmend place of Tarboro relocated and since February 18, 1971 at the National Register of Historic Places lists. The cotton press was documented for the Historic American Buildings Survey .

history

The first owner of the press was Isaac Norfleet. It was originally used as a press for cider and wine on his plantation 4 km southwest of Tarboro . Around 1860 the press was converted into a cotton press, as the need for processing the cotton harvest increased at that time. The press is constructed from pine wood . It has a large lead screw that is used to press the cotton into a wooden mold to create the bale. The construction frame consists of four upright posts with holes. Two long beams are attached to the threaded spindle, which are known as "buzzard wings". On they were working animals excited, donkey or ox, the rotation of the threaded spindle drive. The total height of the press is 6.7 m.

Pictures of the cotton press in its original location show it in a rectangular open barn with a steep hip roof . The tip of the press protruded through the roof and was covered by a smaller, also rectangular roof that rotated with the threaded spindle.

The press was relocated to Allmendplatz Tarboros on Albemarle Street in 1938. The original barn was demolished and a small octagonal roof was built over the press at the new location. The restoration of the press was completed in 1976. The octagonal roof was removed and a pavilion was created, modeled after the original barn and designed to protect the press from the elements.

There is a similar cotton press at Latta , South Carolina , another cotton press from the Antebellum , but without the wing bars, is on the Magnolia Plantation at Derry , Louisiana . There the threaded spindle is fixed and the base is rotated to press the cotton.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Melissa McDonald: Cotton Press (Architectural Data Form) ( English ) In: Historic American Building Survey . National Park Service. June 28, 1983. Retrieved on February 3, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: dead link / memory.loc.gov  
  2. ↑ National Register Information System ( English ) In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Norfleet Plantation, Cotton Press, Albermarle Street (moved from Norfleet Plantation), Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC (photographs) ( English ) In: Historic American Buildings Survey . National Park Service. Accessed on May 9, 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: dead link / memory.loc.gov  
  4. ↑ a b c d Norfleet Cotton Press, Tarboro, North Carolina ( English ) In: The Built Heritage of North Carolina . North Carolina State University. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
  5. ^ A b Edgecombe County Cotton Press ( English ) In: Arts, Attractions and Museums . Town of Tarboro. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 3, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tarboro-nc.com
  6. ^ C. Allan Jones: Texas Roots . Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas 2005, ISBN 1-58544-429-4 .
  7. ↑ a b Edgecombe County Cotton Press ( English ) In: Visit Tarboro . Historic Tarboro. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Early Architecture of North Carolina , 2nd Edition, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1947, pp. 9, 11.
  9. ↑ Viewing Cotton Press ( English ) In: Edgecombe, North Carolina . markeroni.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 9, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.markeroni.com
  10. ^ Early Cotton Press, Dillon County (jct. Of SC Hwys. 917 & 38, Latta vicinity) ( English ) In: National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
  11. ↑ Magnolia Plantation . In: Cane River National Heritage Area . National Park Service. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
  12. ↑ Jonathon Fricker, Fricker, Donna: Magnolia Plantation ( English , pdf; 161 kB) In: National Historic Landmark Nomination . National Park Service. November 1999. Retrieved May 9, 2009.

Coordinates: 35 ° 53 ′ 57 ″  N , 77 ° 32 ′ 18 ″  W.