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1898 Cotton Compress

1898 Cotton Compress from Charlotte, North Carolina

This compress reduces a bale of cotton to approximately eight inches to allow more bales of cotton to be transported via a railroad car.

It is estimated that with 130 lbs of steam the compress would put 4.5 million lbs. of pressure on a bale of cotton.

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Weighs: 250,000 lbs
Height: 40 ft
Piston: 90 Inch in Diameter
Wooden Post: 18x18 inches, 17 feet long

38th Annual Southeast Old Threshers Reunion at Denton Farmpark in Denton

Photo made July 2, 2008

www.threshers.com

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Submitted by Java55 on July 3, 2008 - 1:01am. View all photos…

Cotton pickin' crusher

Submitted by breakPRranks on July 3, 2008 - 8:37pm.

Wow! I didn't know anything like this had ever been put into service. I think that compression rivals modern compactors used on radioactive waste drums.

Does cotton get compacted today before shipment?

I presume this is permanently installed at the Farmpark and that the "roof" is just to help protect it from the elements, true?

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Its a permanent fixture

Submitted by Java55 on July 4, 2008 - 3:32am.

Just as a lot of the other steam engines, diesel engines, steam train, buildings, etc. Denton FarmPark is quite an amazing place indeed and when they have their annual southeast threshers reunions, that when all the tractors and other mobile exhibitions and exhibitors come in from all across the country as well as some internationally too. Trust me, these annual festivals have become huge!!! You should check out the history section in their website to see how it all began. Anyway the festival goes on until July 5th this year just in case you (or anyone else reading this) might be interested. Oh, and if you like taking photos bring a big memory card or multiple memory cards!

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