Ingenio Azucarero Vives
Historic place in Guayama, Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Ingenio Azucarero Vives | |
Location | Avenida Central, Barrio Machete, Guayama, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 17°58′45″N 66°7′3″W |
Area | 5.5 acres (2.2 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 76002249[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 1, 1976 |
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.