Old Sugar Mill of Koloa facts for kids

Old Sugar Mill of Kōloa
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Brick chimney of Old Sugar Mill
Location in Hawaii
Location	Maluhia and Kōloa Roads, Kōloa
Built	1839–1841
NRHP reference No.	66000296
Quick facts for kids Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	December 29, 1962

National Historic Landmark plaque, 1965

The Old Sugar Mill of Kōloa was a sugarcane plantation in Hawaiʻi. It was one of the first plantation to be profitable. The Mill was founded by a company called Ladd & Company in 1935. The Mill location was on an island called Kauai in Kōloa. This was the start of the sugarcane plantation industry in Hawaii. The sugarcane industry is Hawwii largest industry. The Mill Building was named as a National Historic Landmark on December 29, 1962. A stone chimey and the lowest part of the building (or called Building foundation) remains today. They were build in the 1840.

Images for kids

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  Old mill trough, chimney, and overgrowth

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  Bronze sculpture by Jan Gordon Fisher

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  Later Kōloa Sugar Mill, now derelict

See also

In Spanish: Antiguo trapiche de azúcar de Koloa para niños