21. 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;