List of former and current notable sugar refineries
This is a list of notable sugar refineries. This include both sugarcane mills and refineries of sugar beets, and it includes current and former facilities, and some that are listed on historic registers.
Sugar Factories, commonly abbreviated as PG partikulir and state-owned in Indonesia began to emerge after the start of the era of liberalism during the Dutch East Indies colonial period (1870), with the introduction of Land Lease Rights for use for 70 years. Previously, a number of simple sugar factories had been established to process the sugar cane harvest, which was included in the commodities included in the Cultuurstelsel program.
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A bucket or rake carrier, manufactured in 1930 and intended for the Olean Sugar Factory. Part of the binder with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Soerabaja, Soekaboemi and Jogyakarta, from the period 1908-1942.
Cooling installation manufactured in 1929 and intended for the Bedadoeng sugar factory. Part of the binder with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya intended for the Dutch sugar industry on Java, from the period 1917-1938.
Transport of a cooking pan on a trailer behind a truck. Manufactured in 1926 in Surabaya and intended for the Padjarakan Sugar Factory. Part of the binder with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Soerabaja, Soekaboemi and Jogyakarta, from the period 1908-1942.
Cast steel gear for crusher installation, manufactured in 1932 and intended for the Oemboel Sugar Factory. Part of the binder with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya intended for the Dutch sugar industry on Java, from the period 1917-1938.
The bayonet frame for a mill machine, manufactured in 1930 and intended for the Balong Bendo Sugar Factory in East Java. Part of the binder with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Soerabaja, Soekaboemi and Jogyakarta, from the period 1908-1942.
A sugar factory with the inscription Seloredjo above the columned entrance and the year 1882 in Roman numerals below. A chimney pipe on the left of the factory. In front of the factory a lawn with four ox carts and a tractor. A native on each ox-drawn cart, a European on the tractor. Part of the photo album presented by the Soerabayasche Vereeniging van Suikerfabrikanten to Frederik Beyerinck, resident of Surabaya.
Willy (2nd from right) and Harry Hirsch (10th from right) at a farewell dinner, probably at Kediri, for D.J. de Zwart, administrator of the Tegowangi sugar factory (presumably 1st from the right) Aerial view of Tegowangi sugar mill
Two preheaters intended for Suikerfabriek Padokan and five cooling troughs intended for Suikerfabriek Redjosari, manufactured in 1926. Part of the binder with photos of machines of the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Soerabaja intended for the Dutch sugar industry on Java, from the period 1917-1938.
Evaporator body and three cooking pans, manufactured in 1925 and intended for the Goedo, Wonosarie, Randoe Goenting and Manishardjo sugar factories. Part of the binder with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya intended for the Dutch sugar industry on Java, from the period 1917-1938.
Sugar dryer manufactured in 1917 for the Manishardjo Sugar Factory northeast of Klaten on Java. Part of the binder with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya intended for the Dutch sugar industry on Java, from the period 1917-1938.
The Tjebongan sugar factory in the vicinity of Yogyakarta. The name and date 1879 on the factory building. Part of the photo album presented to J.M. Pijnacker Hordijk on his departure from Jogyakarta in 1886.
The railway emplacement of the Balapoelang sugar factory. A lorry is a small non-powered rail vehicle intended for freight transport on industrial or agricultural (narrow) railway lines
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Hacienda Mercedita was a 300-acre (120 ha) sugarcane plantation in Ponce, Puerto Rico, founded in 1861, by Juan Serrallés Colón. Today Hacienda Mercedita no longer grows sugarcane and its lands are instead used for growing mangoes, grasses, landscape plants and palms, coconut palms, bananas, and seeds.
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CSR Yarraville is an operating sugar refinery at Whitehall Street, Yarraville, City of Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia. It was built from 1872 to 1980s. It is also known as Colonial Sugar Refining Company Refinery of Yarraville. It was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
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