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Old Sugar Mill of Koloa

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site

The first major sugar cane mill in Hawaii was established here at Koloa in 1835. A stone chimney and foundations remain from the original mill. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1835/00/00 Founded in 1835, the Ladd and Company sugar plantation is the first successful large-scale sugar manufacturing enterprise in the Hawaiian Islands
1841/00/00 Koloa native laborers strike for 2 weeks. Paid 12.5 cents a day, they demand 25 cents a day. The management refuses, saying they are also getting housing, fish, land for taro patches and exemption from taxes to the ali'i (native chief).

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Particulars for Old Sugar Mill of Koloa:
Criteria Exemplar
Area of Significance Industry
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Level of Significance National
Sight Category Site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000296
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1841, 1842
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Business

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