Ingenio Azucarero Vives

Ingenio Azucarero Vives
Location Avenida Central, Barrio Machete, Guayama, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 17°58′45″N 66°7′3″W / 17.97917°N 66.11750°W / 17.97917; -66.11750Coordinates: 17°58′45″N 66°7′3″W / 17.97917°N 66.11750°W / 17.97917; -66.11750
Area 5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
NRHP Reference # 76002249[1]
Added to NRHP September 1, 1976

The Ingenio Azucarero Vives, 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.

Mill building ruins 
Opening in southern wall of mill building ruins 
Interior view of mill building ruins 

Modern photographs show that the complex has been restored.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Antonio E. Colberg (1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ingenio Azucarero Vives / Hacienda Vives" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 8, 2016. with ten photos from 1976
  3. ↑ "Economia: Ingenio Azucarero Vives". Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico.

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