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The Waterwheel Saga - Sugar and Rum - The Taste of Tobago
A waterwheel was one of the most efficient sources of power to drive the mills. Rum manufacturing originated in the Caribbean almost by accident. In the early 1600s, Spanish and Portuguese seamen transported sugar cane from the Canary Islands and Madeira to the Caribbean islands. Labour was a vital commodity at this time, and new world settlers ...