Pineapple packing factory, 1922

Located on the north shore of the St. Lucie River, this building was originally a residence, then expanded to be an ice plant. By 1912, R.A. Hammond and Harry Dutton converted it to the Florida Freezer and Fertilizer Company, which froze and shipped fish and ground the unusable portions into fertilizer. However, sharks destroyed the fishing nets and the business floundered. In the 1920s, Carroll Dunscombe used the building as a pineapple packing plant until hurricanes and a fire in 1928 left the building abandoned. Labeled "Ale House and Pineapple Factory, Gosling."

Scans gift of Historical Society Martin County; Coventry Collection

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Black and white print; 5.6x3.45 inches

English

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HSMC-2023-008-020

2023.008

HSMC 1998.87.02.157/2013.42.01.05

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