Biscayne Manufacturing Company Factory

Factory and Saw Mill, 1890; source: University of Miami Libraries Special CollectionsThe Expedition party visited with Commodore Ralph M. Munroe and toured his sisal hemp factory, which was about a quarter of a mile south of the Peacocks' hotel in Cocoanut Grove. In 1890 Munroe had formed the Biscayne Manufacturing Company and had built the factory for canning fruits which later was used for sisal hemp processing. Munroe showed them hemp samples, and he loaned them a fiber sample. He showed them he used a Van Buren Tropical Fiber Machine, and explained that Charles Richards Dodge of the U.S. Department of Agriculture made his experiments there. He also showed them his saw and grist mill and his dessicated coconuts, which are coconuts that have been shredded and dried.

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