Antique Howe Platform Scale at Texas Cotton Gin and Museum in Burton, Texas. Built in 1914, the Burton Farmers Gin is a monument to King Cotton.


Antique Howe Platform Scale at Texas Cotton Gin and Museum in Burton, Texas. Built in 1914, the Burton Farmers Gin stands as a monument to King Cotton and is the only one of its kind in the Dedicated volunteers restored the 1925 Bessemer twin-type IV oil engine that still powers the gin.


Size: 3504px × 2336px
Location: Burton, Texas, USA
Photo credit: © Janice and Nolan Braud / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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