Like the rest of the village on San Cristóbal, the Progreso sugar factory was founded by Manuel J. Cobos. When it was built in the 1880s, the factory was very modern.
Like the rest of the village on San Cristóbal, the Progreso sugar factory was founded by Manuel J. Cobos. When it was built in the 1880s, the factory was very modern.
Description:
Martínez (1915:39) claims the processing plant was the largest that he had ever seen. A tall chimney dominated the zinc roofed building which housed imported machinery powered by three large boilers, each producing almost 112 kw of power, and fed by fuel from wood and bagasse. Mann (1908:29) described it as “ very well mounted and of a modern description,” noting that the up-to-date machinery, principally from Glasgow, included “a large cane mill, triple effects, vacuum pan, centrifugal separators, and a number of other accessories."
Abstract:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Sugar Factories
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Sugar Factories
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr.Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Photo courtesy Nette Næss, in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son
