Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR
Summary
Significance: A significant part of the Serralles family empire. Typical of the sugar cane plantations in Puerto Rico which underwent considerable technological change and became a full-mechanized producer of sugar and cane by-products.
Survey number: HAER PR-8
Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction
Tags
sugar refineries
sugar industry
agriculture
real estate development
slavery
sabanetas
hacienda
mercedita
foundry
hacienda mercedita foundry
ponce
municipio
ponce municipio
jack boucher
buffalo forge company
juana colon
historic american engineering record
mirrlees watson and company
benjamin nistal moret
mercedes perez
teresa pont y puig
hector sanchez
juan eugenio serralles y colon
felix serralles
merceces serralles
nicanor serralles
pedro juan serralles
sebastian marcial serralles
serralles serralles
jean yearby
ultra high resolution
high resolution
puerto rico
1960s
industrial history
1960 s
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Buffalo Forge Company
Serralles, Serralles
Serralles, Sebastian Marcial
Serralles y Colon, Juan Eugenio
Serralles, Felix
Pont y Puig, Teresa
Colon, Juana
Perez, Mercedes
Serralles, Merceces
Serralles, Pedro Juan
Serralles, Nicanor
Mirrlees Watson & Company
Yearby, Jean, transmitter
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Nistal-Moret, Benjamin, historian
Sanchez, Hector, historian
Location
Sabanetas
,
18.01247, -66.58462
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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