NEB&W Guide to the Phosphate IndustryThis file is open to website members only
Last Update: 2008-12-08
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Apparently about 85% of the U.S. production of phosphate came out of the Polk County area in Florida. Phosphate was shipped in bulk, like coal, but required covering, resulting in early covered hoppers designed specifically for this traffic. See our section on phosphate covered hoppers.
Phosphate is also found in Tennessee. By 1939, Monsanto had set up a plant