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The Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village, formerly known as Agrirama, is a 19th-century living museum located in Tifton, Georgia. It opened on July 4, 1976. The grounds consist of five areas: a traditional farm community of the 1870s, an 1890s progressive farmstead, an industrial sites complex, rural town, national peanut complex, and the Museum of Agriculture Center.
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Over 35 structures have been relocated to the 95-acre (380,000 m2) site and faithfully restored or preserved including the Vulcan Steam Train running on 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge[1] track. Costumed interpreters explain and demonstrate the lifestyle and activities of this time in Georgia's history.[2] It is located at 1392 Whiddon Mill Road off I-75 at Exit 63B.
The museum is a facility of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
Notable facilities
editLike many living museums, this one includes residences, a grist mill, saw mill and stores. More notable demonstrations include a turpentine still and a cotton gin.
The cotton gin is a reconstruction designed to demonstrate ginning technologies of the period 1890–1900.[3] During this period, mid-nineteenth century gins were being replaced by the system gin invented by Robert S. Munger. This gin demonstrates all the system ginning technologies, but does not operate as efficiently as a system gin because it only contains one gin stand. Its equipment was made by Lummus of Columbus, Georgia.[3][4] In 1999, Lummus moved to Savannah, Georgia, where it continues to make cotton gins.[5] The museum operates the gin for the public annually.
References
edit- ^ Steamlocomotive.info
- ^ "Welcome to ABAC's Georgia Museum of Agriculture".
- ^ a b Scott, Laurie A.; Phillips, Patricia L. (c. 1990). Cotton Ginning and Rural Life in Georgia. Tifton Georgia and Lumpkin Georgia: Georgia Agrirama and Westville Historic Handicrafts. pp. 10–11.
- ^ "ABAC Cotton Gin Running Again". The Albany Herald. Tribune Content Agency. 16 November 2017 – via Proquest.
- ^ Dewitte, Dave (29 Aug 1999). "Lummus lands in the cradle of the cotton gin: Tradition-rich cotton gin maker is ready for another 130 years after move to Savannah". Savannah Morning News (Home ed.). p. 8D. ISSN 1047-028X – via Proquest Central.
External links
edit- Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village - official site