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3-4 VIEW OF STEAM ENGINE - Estate Rust-Op-Twist, Steam Engine and Cane Mill, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI
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Lowe, Jet
Title
3-4 VIEW OF STEAM ENGINE - Estate Rust-Op-Twist, Steam Engine and Cane Mill, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI
Description
University of Texas Marine Research Institute; Dyer, George; Nicolai Tuit and Company; Uytendaal, Johann Balthazar; Uytendaal, Paulus; Uytendaal, Joseph; Uytendaal, Lucas; Winding, Hans; Woods, William; Jurgenson, Nicolai; Moltke, Adam; Westiholz and Company; McOnie and Mirrlees Company; Arendrup, Julius; Delony, Eric, project manager; Virgin Islands Planning Office, sponsor
Depicted place Virgin Islands (US); St. Croix; Christiansted
Date 1985
date QS:P571,+1985-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER VI,1-NORT,1-A-4
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  • Significance: Rust-op-Twist's long and troubled history as a sugar producing estate is typical of many other St. Croix plantations. An animal mill, and windmill, and a steam mill - representative of the evolution of sugar cane technology - remain today on the estate.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6
  • Survey number: HAER VI-3
  • Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1878 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1801
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1755 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/vi0081.photos.166689p
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