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In this
room you will also see some of the many containers for maple syrup. Here
too, are the molds used to make maple sugarcakes and the equipment to make
maple cream.
This
is just a brief overview of the Museum, we invite you to visit and tour
the exhibit rooms that are overflowing with displays. |
Room
#6
The
Evaporator Room
In
this room you will see examples of the maple syrup evaporators. The early
settlers made maple syrup and sugar in the iron kettles they brought with
them. This method much improved the Indian method of using hollow logs
and hot rocks for boiling.
The
flat pan and then the partitioned pans were developed. Each innovation
increased production and quality. The development for the maple sap evaporator
continues with blowers, preheaters, reverse osmosis machines and vapor
compression.
Many
people start backyard sugaring with simple systems. Coffee cans catch the
sap, which is boiled down on the kitchen range or on the barbecue in the
back yard. The Croghan Evaporator Co. #1 was manufactured for the small
back yard operation and could produce about 2 gallons of syrup a day. It
was made here in Croghan and is the only one still known to exist. |
