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Parish of St. Peter >
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Haymans Sugar Factory
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created by ABMain
on 3/12/2006 10:22 PM
last modified by Emperor Wang
on 12/2/2022 12:21 AM
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Small disused sugar factory. The sugar processing equipment has been partially removed and the rest left as is. The building is being used as a garage for the repair of farm tractors.
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Type: Building
Status: Semi-active
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: drop everything - must see
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rust unsafe flooring falling
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Large pieces of machinery strewn about along with half-dismantled tractors and tractor pieces. Nature is struggling to reclaim the building with bushes, trees and vines growing outside and in. Extremely high roof with skylights, it was airy and cool, except below the boilers.
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Some activity in surrounding yard and buildings
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Sugar production in Barbados once reached over 200 thousand tons from 26 factories. However, this production will never be surpassed since much of the land that was formerly planted in sugar cane is now occupied by houses, roads and industrial sites. Some prime arable land has also been converted to golf courses, or is slated for this type of development. By 1985 the number of operating factories was reduced to six, namely, Andrews in St. Joseph, Bulkeley in St. George, Carrington and Foursquare in St. Philip, Haymans in St. Peter and Portvale in St. James. As a result of further rationalization of factory capacity Haymans and Foursquare were closed in 1988, followed by Carrington in 1991, due to boiler failure and Bulkeley in June 2002. The remaining two operating factories are Andrews and Portvale. Some equipment from the closed factories has been cannibalized to keep the remaining factories going.
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Will probably be allowed to decay. The sugar industry in Barbados is expected to cease to exist in the next few years. The land will probably be converted to residential and industrial use.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 12/2/2022 12:22 AM.
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on Dec 2 22 at 0:22, Emperor Wang validated this location on Dec 2 22 at 0:21, Emperor Wang changed the following: History on May 21 06 at 15:30, Emperor Wang validated this location on May 9 06 at 19:19, Avatar-X changed the following: Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy on Mar 12 06 at 23:41, ABMain updated gallery picture B'dos sugar factory 01.jpg on Mar 12 06 at 23:37, ABMain made this location available on Mar 12 06 at 23:36, ABMain changed the following: Publically Viewable on Mar 12 06 at 23:30, ABMain updated gallery picture B'dos sugar factory 49.jpg on Mar 12 06 at 23:30, ABMain updated gallery picture B'dos sugar factory 48.jpg on Mar 12 06 at 23:29, ABMain updated gallery picture B'dos sugar factory 47.jpg
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