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| |park=Chimney Park | | |park=Chimney Park |
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| |caption= | | |caption= |
| |type= | | |type= |
| |size=3.35 acres | | |size=3.35 acres |
| |facilities= | | |facilities= |
− | |operator=[[City of Pensacola]]<br/>[[Scenic Highway Foundation]] | + | |operator=[[City of Pensacola]] |
| |visitors= | | |visitors= |
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− | '''Chimney Park''' is a 3.35-acre city park located in the [[Bohemia]] area, south of [[Gull Point]], where [[Langley Avenue]] terminates into [[Scenic Highway]]. The park is centered around the remnants of a brick chimney, once part of the steam power plant for the [[Hyer-Knowles Planing Mill]]. When Confederate General [[Braxton Bragg]] evacuated his forces from Pensacola in March [[1862]], he was given a "[[Wikipedia:scorched earth|scorched earth]]" command by Secretary of War [[Wikipedia:Judah P. Benjamin|Judah P. Benjamin]]: | + | '''Chimney Park''' is a 3.35-acre city park located in the [[Bohemia]] area, south of [[Gull Point]], where [[Langley Avenue]] terminates into [[Scenic Highway]]. The park is centered around the remnants of a chimney, once part of the [[Hyer-Knowles Lumber and Brick factory]]. |
− | <blockquote>Destroy all machinery private and public, which could be useful to the enemy: especially disable the sawmills in and around the [[Escambia Bay|Bay]].</blockquote>
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− | After the machinery was stripped from the mill, it was burned on [[March 10]]. However, the Confederate barges on which they loaded the equipment were sunk during a thunderstorm on the same night.
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− | The park land was purchased by the [[City of Pensacola]] in the 1980s as part of a grassroots preservation effort in the [[Magnolia Bluff]] area (which also led to the establishment of nearby [[Bay Bluffs Park]]).<ref>J. Earle Bowden. "Scenic dreams realized for '60s activists." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 11, 2000.</ref> However, the chimney itself is owned by the [[Scenic Highway Foundation]].<ref name="dedicates"/> Some of the bricks in the chimney's base are marked "J. Gonzalez," indicating they were made locally at the brickyard owned by [[James Gonzalez]].
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− | Preservationist [[R. N. Dunagan]] volunteered much of his spare time clearing and improving the land at Chimney Park. After his death in [[2000]], the Scenic Highway Foundation erected a memorial plaque at the park in honor of his restoration efforts. The dedication ceremony took place on [[July 30]], [[2002]] — what would have been Dunagan's 58th birthday.<ref name="dedicates">"Scenic Foundation dedicates memorial." ''Pensacola News Journal'', August 1, 2002.</ref>
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| ==Other images== | | ==Other images== |
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− | Image:ChimneyPark1963.jpg|[[1963]]
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| Image:ChimneyPark1969.jpg|[[1969]] | | Image:ChimneyPark1969.jpg|[[1969]] |
− | Image:ChimneyPark1975.jpg|[[1975]]
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− | ==References==
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− | *[http://www.floridacommunitydevelopment.org/fct/parks/index.cfm?fuseaction=browse.park&parkID=545 Florida Communities Trust Parks Directory]
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| [[Category:City of Pensacola parks]] | | [[Category:City of Pensacola parks]] |
− | [[Category:Scenic Bluffs Highway]]
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