File:Nation's Oldest Cotton Gin -- Burton, Texas.jpg

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English: This is the earliest known still operating survivor of an integrated cotton ginning system widely used to process cotton from wagon to bale in a continuous operation. The gin machinery was designed and built in 1914 by the Lummus Cotton Gin Company and can process seven bales per hour. Five gin stands, stick machine, burr machine, separators, cleaners, press pump, and pneumatic conveying fans all driven by a 125-hp Bessemer oil engine.
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Camera location30° 10′ 47.52″ N, 96° 35′ 37.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Oldest still operating survivor of an integrated cotton ginning system

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30°10'47.521"N, 96°35'37.979"W

2 February 2011

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