Mill building ruins
Opening in southern wall of mill building ruins
Interior view of mill building ruins
Ingenio Azucarero Vives | |
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| Location | Avenida Central, Barrio Machete, Guayama, Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates | 17°58′45″N66°7′3″W / 17.97917°N 66.11750°W |
| Area | 5.5 acres (2.2 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002249 [1] |
| RNSZH No. | 2001-(RS)-23-JP-SH |
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| Added to NRHP | September 1, 1976 |
| Designated RNSZH | May 16, 2001 |
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] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001. [3]
It is believed to have been constructed by 1828. [4]
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.
