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Interior view of mill building ruins
Global InformationIngenio Azucarero Vives information
Ingenio Azucarero Vives | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | Avenida Central, Barrio Machete, Guayama, Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates | 17°58′45″N 66°7′3″W / 17.97917°N 66.11750°W |
| Area | 5.5 acres (2.2 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002249[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 1, 1976 |
The Ingenio Azucarero Vives (English: Vives Sugar Plant), also known as Hacienda Vives, is a historic sugar mill complex with ruins of windmill and a processing building, in Barrio Machete of Guayama, in southern Puerto Rico. Sugarcane was ground by the windmill and the extracted juice was further processed in the processing building, by slaves. A slave uprising occurred here in the early 1800s.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
It is believed to have been constructed by 1828.[3]
In 1976, the site was found to be significant as the only example of early industrial architecture and the only windmill in Puerto Rico.[2]
It was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record program, with photographs by Jack Boucher.
Modern photographs show that the complex has been restored.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Antonio E. Colberg (1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ingenio Azucarero Vives / Hacienda Vives". National Park Service. Retrieved July 8, 2016. with ten photos from 1976
- ^ EPRL Editorial Group (September 17, 2014). "Ingenio Azucarero Vives, Guayama". Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.