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Brewster is a place in southwest Polk County , Florida , located at . It is at an elevation of 143 feet above Sea Level . The Village of Brewster was founded in 1910 and for decades flourished from Phosphate Mining . It was largely a Company Town for the American Cyanamid Company . The town had its own School s, Movie theater, medical clinic, Post Office , and Swimming Pool . It was set up with "White" and "Colored" people living in separate sections. The village was officially closed down by the company in 1962 . Much of Brewster was demolished at the time, but some abandoned buildings remain, including a smokestack which rises prominently in the area as a Landmark . The deed to Brewster was turned over to the State of Florida in partial payment of a judgement against American Cynamid for environmental damages. EXTERNAL LINKS
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