THE KOLOA SUGAR COMPANY MILL -- KAUAI
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THE KOLOA SUGAR COMPANY MILL -- KAUAI |
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NAME: The Koloa Sugar Company Mill -- Kauai COUNTY: Kauai county ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: sunny; light rain yearround BEST TIME TO VISIT: anytime |
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This large sugar mill is visible from a distance, since it sits in a large plantation field. The mill is no longer in use, as many mills, because the sugar industry is quickly becomming a permanent part of Hawaii's past. One and a half miles east of Koloa along Hwy 530, one can drive up to the mill's front gate. From there it is private property and abandoned. REMAINS: A cluster of buildings comprising a large plantation processing mill. |
| The Koloa Sugar Co., from 1835, became very successful and hired the Honolulu Iron Works to build this Sugar Mill in 1912. As most all sugar mills, an extensive network of plantation trains kept the harvest fields connected with the mill. In 1948 Koloa Sugar Co. merged with Grove Farms Company. The mill is inoperational. Submitted by: Keith Kersting |
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