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.

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". 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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