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Estate Rust-Op-Twist, Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI
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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
Steam Machines, Engines, Locomotives. In 1781 James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion. Watt's ten-horsepower engines enabled a wide range of manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained. By 1883, engines that could provide 10,000 hp had become feasible. The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution.
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