Old Sugar Mill of Koloa

Coordinates: 21°54′35″N 159°28′9″W / 21.90972°N 159.46917°W / 21.90972; -159.46917
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Old Sugar Mill of Kōloa
Brick chimney of Old Sugar Mill
Old Sugar Mill of Koloa is located in Hawaii
Old Sugar Mill of Koloa
LocationMaluhia and Kōloa Roads, Kōloa
Coordinates21°54′35″N 159°28′9″W / 21.90972°N 159.46917°W / 21.90972; -159.46917
Built1839–1841
NRHP reference No.66000296[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLDecember 29, 1962[2]
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.[3] 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.[2] A stone chimey and the lowest part of the building (or called Building foundation) remains today. They were build in the 1840.[4]

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Old Sugar Mill of Koloa". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  3. "NHL Summary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-08-25.
  4. Benjamin Levy (August 1978). "Old Sugar Mill of Koloa nomination form". National Register of Historic Places. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-03-08.

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