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[Belt Pulleys on Gin Line Shaft]

Detail-view photograph of mechanical components in the Burton Farmer's Gin, including several belt pulleys connected along a drive shaft.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bessemer Type IV inside Burton Farmers Gin Engine Room[

Photograph of the Bessemer Engine inside the engine room with corrugated metal siding at the Burton Farmer's Gin.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burton Farmer's Gin Building]

Photograph of the Burton Farmer's Gin building taken from the northeast corner. The building has corrugated metal siding and segments that have multiple stories. A metal water tower is visible at the right side of the building.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Distributor and Separator]

Photograph of the distributor and separator, that deliver the seed-cotton from the sucker pipe to the gin battery in the Burton Farmer's Gin.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double Press Boxes]

Photograph of the Lummus Double Press Boxes inside the Burton Farmers Gin. The boxes are where the cotton lint is pressed into bales for shipment.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ducts to the Moss Lint Cleaner]

Photograph of metal flues located on the 1st floor of the Burton Farmer’s Gin that lead to the Moss Lint Cleaner equipment.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engine Label]

Detail view of the engine label on the Bessemer, or “Lady B” engine as it is called, at the Burton Farmer's Gin, with the text: "Bessemer Oil Engine. Spec.U. Type IV. Pat. Nov. 9th 1915. Pat Dec. 14th 1915. Pat. Dec. 14th 1915. Pat. Dec. 21st 1915. Pat's Pending. No. 3290[...] R. P M. 250, H.P. 125. The Bessemer Gas Engine Co. Grove City, PA."
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engine Side View]

Close-up photograph of mechanical components on the Bessemer engine inside the Burton Farmer's Gin. This is a close-up of one side of the Bessemer Type IV Engine. The Flywheel is visible in the upper left corner of the picture. In the background, an interior wall is visible with two sets of windows and corrugated metal siding.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engine Wheels]

Photograph of the Bessemer at the Burton Farmer's Gin, including one of the two flywheels and the clutch on the line shaft.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gin Battery]

Photograph inside the Burton Farmer's Gin of the battery of five Lummus, 80 saw, Gin Stands.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lummus Double Press Boxes, Underneath View]

Photograph of the area underneath the Lummus Double Press Boxes inside the Burton Farmer's Gin. The Hydraulic Press is visible on the lower right side of the picture.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Moss Constellation Lint Cleaner]

Photograph of Photograph of the Moss Constellation Lint Cleaner in the Burton Farmers Gin.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mufflers for the Bessemer Engine]

Photograph of two mufflers that are buried in the ground just outside a doorway at the Burton Farmer's Gin.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rear View of the Seed Scale Hopper/Side View of Lummus Hull Separator]

Photograph of the seed scale hopper next to the Lummus Hull Separator.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seed Scale]

Photograph of the seed scale on the second floor of the Burton Farmer's Gin including visible rafters and corrugated metal roofing. Windows are visible in the background, on the right side of the image.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seed Scale Hopper]

Photograph of the the seed scale hopper for weighing cotton seed in the Burton Farmer's Gin with printed text at the top that says, "S[...] Weight on Seed Scale." There are chains above the chute and the wall behind it is made of corrugated metal.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Small Drive Shaft for Lummus Thermo-Cleaner]

Detail photograph of the drive shaft for the Lummus Thermo-Cleaner at the Burton Farmer's Gin that includes multiple pulleys on a post that are connected to belts.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Tower Dryer]

Photograph of the tower dryer inside the Burton Farmer's Gin. The wall behind has exposed wooden beams and corrugated metal siding.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tramper above the Press Box]

Detail photograph of the Tramper above double press boxes inside the Burton Farmer's Gin. The Tramper is used for packing ginned cotton lint into the press box. Wooden rafters and the corrugated metal roof are visible at the top of the image.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Trash Cyclone]

Photograph of the trash cyclone next to the Railroad bed, outside the Burton Farmer's Gin.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of the Line Shaft at the Burton Farmers Gin]

Photograph of an interior space at the Burton Farmer's Gin that includes a series of wheels along the left side of the image, spaced between large wooden beam columns, some of which have belts or pipes leading toward the right side of the image. Windows are visible at the back and along the left side of the room.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Felder, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History