Sugar Mill, Jamaica 1849
Sugar cane is fed into grooved iron rollers that crush the cane, producing cane juice. The juice runs down the grooves into a cistern, from where it travels via a pipe to the boiling-house. The waste material produced, known as megass, is collected and dried, ultimately to be used as fuel for the furnaces of the boiling-house
Picture No
10012573
Media ID
47159753
Size
4612px x 2660px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Engraving in The Illustrated London News', 9 June 1849, page 388
Date
1849
