Print, Musee de la Marine de Loire, Chateauneuf-sur-Loire
Sugar cane factory with mill powered by waterwheel, engraving, 18th century, from the Sugarmaking and Sugar Refining entry of the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and d'Alembert, published 1751-72, in the Musee de la Marine de Loire, a museum celebrating the history of navigation, trade and life on the river Loire, opened 1961 in the stable block of the Chateau de Chateauneuf-sur-Loire, adapted from 1995 by Philippe Prost, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The scene depicts slaves operating the gears and cylinders of the mill, which grinds the sugar cane and carries the juice to the factory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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