Portvale Sugar Factory | museum, industrial area

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The Sir Frank Hutson Sugar Machinery Museum is a permanent record of how sugar was produced in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The history of sugar cultivation and production is displayed in this attractive museum which is located in the yard of the Portvale Sugar Factory. The Sugar Museum is a Barbados National Trust property. It is open throughout the year but if you visit during the reaping season, February to May, you can compare the machinery of previous times with the modern machinery of the Portvale factory. Phone 432-6748, Museum phone 432-0100, open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm, 10 Bds $.
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Coordinates:   13°11'26"N   59°37'0"W

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