Country Puerto Rico Decommissioned 1982 (1982) | City Guánica Commissioned 1901 | |
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Central Guánica was a sugar mill located in the town of Ensenada, in the Municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. It was one of the largest sugar mills in the Caribbean and until World War I it was one of the largest mills in the world. It ceased operations in 1982.
History
Its owners, The South Porto Rico Sugar Company of New Jersey, USA, began construction of the Central Guánica sugar mill in 1901. The Central Guanica was one of the first corporations to organize a company town in Puerto Rico around the sugar mill. The town included a hospital, school and housing facilities.
In 2002, the government of Puerto Rico declared the two chimneys of the sugar mill as historic monuments.
References
Central Guánica Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA