OLD KOLOA SUGAR MILL -- KAUAI

NAME: Old Koloa Sugar Mill -- Kauai
COUNTY: Kauai county
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: sunny; light rain yearround
BEST TIME TO VISIT: anytime 		COMMENTS: Easily accessible in the grass park of historic Old Koloa town. Old Koloa town is 4 miles north on Hwy 520 from Poipu on Kauai's South shore. Koloa district.
REMAINS: One 30-foot, stone brick, sugar mill smoke stack and partial mill foundation.
On Sept. 12, 1835 William Hooper cleared 12 acres, near this site, and planted the first sugar cane ever in the Hawaiian islands. This mill started with the large stone, Chinese-style, sugar grinders in the mill. Plantation cut-cane was hauled to this mill by ox-cart up until 1882, when sugar cane mill train tracks were built. Submitted by: Keith Kersting


Koloa district, park in old Koloa town This sugar mill is regarded as the first sugar mill in the Hawaiian islands.
Courtesy Keith Kersting


Old Koloa Sugar mill, the 30-foot, or so, smoke stack
Courtesy Keith Kersting

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