Logwood Scale - Discovery Bay, Jamaica - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

Columbus Park is an open-air historical and archaeological museum, set on 3 acres of Discovery Bay, overlooking the ocean. The museum features a wide range of artefacts which were excavated when the Kaiser Bauxite Processing Plant was developed.

The marker reads: "This scale was located at Pantrepant in the Parish of Trelawny. It was used to weigh logwood, which was utilized extensively as dyestuff from the 16th century and was among Jamaica’s prime exports from that time until the 1930’s. Logwood dye gives a beautiful black on wool, nylon, silk and rayon. Enhancement of the colour value of the wood depends on oxidation and there was a time when pretreatment for that purpose was achieved by frequent urination on stacks of chips over periods of up to a few months."

Group that erected the marker: Columbus Park Jamaica Limited URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Highway A1 Discovery Bay , Jamaica

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Date Logged Log   08/27/2018 Ariberna visited it