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

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, in southern

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Sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

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. It was listed on the

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in 1976, and on the

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in 2001. It is believed to have been constructed by 1828. In 1976, the site was found to be significant as the only example of early industrial architecture and the only windmill in Puerto Rico. with It was documented by the

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program, with photographs by

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. Modern photographs show that the complex has been restored.

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External links

Coverage in Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico

* Historic American Engineering Record in Puerto Rico National Register of Historic Places in Guayama, Puerto Rico Windmills on the National Register of Historic Places Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Haciendas in Puerto Rico 1820s establishments in Puerto Rico Industrial buildings completed in 1828 Slavery in the Spanish Empire 1828 establishments in the Spanish Empire Sugar industry of Puerto Rico Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Sugar plantations in Puerto Rico Sugar windmills {{PuertoRico-NRHP-stub