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Crushing Equipment, Nevis
Description:
New River Plantation, crushing equipment.
The tall stems of the sugar cane, had to be crushed to make the juices run out. Crushers were powered by the wind, horses or oxen and latterly by steam.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
New River Plantation, Nevis, boiling pan
Description:
New River Plantation, Nevis, boiling pan.
The juice from the crushed cane was boiled in large copper pans to evaporate the water and leave a sugary syrup.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
New River Plantation, Nevis, Boiling Pan
Description:
New River Plantation, Nevis, boiling pan.
The juice from the crushed cane was boiled in large copper pans to evaporate the water and leave a sugary syrup.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Brimstone Hill Fortress, ovens
Description:
Brimstone Hill Fortress, ovens. Picture showing part of the kitchens of the fortress.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Brimstone Hill Fortress, entrance
Description:
Brimstone Hill Fortress, entrance. Entrance to the main block of the fortress.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Brimstone Hill Fortress, yard
Description:
Brimstone Hill Fortress, yard. The enclosed yard of the fortress.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
St Kitts, Square with Clock
Description:
St Kitts, Square with Clock
The Circus, Basseterre on St Kitts sister island to Nevis. It stands close to Independence Square, built in 1790 squarea place where slaves were auctioned.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Entrance to Counting house
Description:
Photograph of Entrance to counting house at Mountravers.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Fireplace at Mountravers
Description:
Photograph of Fireplace at Mountravers.
The kitchen fireplace at Pinneys house Mountravers, built in the early 18th century.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Entrance to counting house
Description:
Photograph of entrance to counting house at Mountravers . A later doorway to the stone counting house, built around 1785 in which the plantation owner John Pinney would have stored valuables, important papers and perhaps money when warned of raids by the French.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Creator: Nigel Fradgeley
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
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