Analysis of the french train system in a sugar mill of the 18th century on the island of Santo Domingo and restoration criterias.
Fecha
2022Autor
Prieto-Vicioso, Esteban
Flores-Sasso, Virginia
Metadatos
Mostrar el registro completo del ítemResumen
The cultivation and production of sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) began in the New World in the
16th century on the island of Santo Domingo, where hydraulic sugar mills and blood or animal-driven
mills were built. At the end of the 18th century, a sugar mill was built near Santo Domingo, on the banks
of the Nigua River that used the French train system modified by Paul Belin de Villeneuve, which
consisted of heating four lined up kettles of the same size, ending in two smaller ones, equal to each
other, which had the same capacity as one of the larger ones, using a single fire, fed by firewood and
dry bagasse from the sugar cane. This new procedure represented a great saving of wood and increased
production speed. The Boca de Nigua mill has a boiler house with two production lines, a trapiche to be
moved by animals, a purge house, a warehouse and a large lime kiln. The desing used for the
construction of the mill is described and drawn in the book "Traité sur les propietés et les effets du
sucre", published in Paris in 1789, which indicates that it was for a mill in Saint Domingue. This
document was used to restore the mill in the second half of the 20th century. It was decided to rebuild
half of the boiler house and the purge house, taking advantage of the existing symmetry in both
buildings, preserving the consolidated vestiges in the other half. The objective of this article is to analyze
the French train system of the Boca de Nigua mill and the criteria used in the partial reconstruction of
the mill.
Colecciones
El ítem tiene asociados los siguientes ficheros de licencia: