| Title |
Interior of a Boiling House Delap's Estate Antigua |
| Description |
Interior of a Boiling House Delap's Estate Antigua
The boiling house contains long rows of kettles called 'copppers', set over hot fires. The cane juice in the coopers is boiled; the foam and 'trash' is removed using long-handled skimmers. As the juice boils down and evaporates, it thickens and is ladled into smaller and smaller coppers.
When it reaches the proper temperature, the dark brown sugar syrup is ladled into shallow wooden trays called 'coolers'. As it cools, the sugar crystals form a sticky brown substance. From the cooling trays, the sugar crystals are packed into large barrels called 'hogsheads'. The hogsheads are then carried to the curing house and set on draining racks over the molasses cistern.
Ten Views in the Island of Antigua in which are represented
The Process of Sugar Making, and the Employment of the Negroes
in the Field, Boiling-House, and Distillery
from Drawings made by William Clark
During a Residence of Three Years in the West Indies, upon the Estates of Admiral Tallemach |
| Photographer |
William Clark (1770-1838) |
| Date of photo |
1823 |
| People |
William Clark |
| Subjects |
Antigua
Estate Delap
West Indies
Interior of a Boiling House
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| Search Terms |
Antigua
Estate Delap
West Indies
Interior of a Boiling House |
| Collection |
Ten Views in the Island of Antigua |
| Place |
Antigua, West Indies |
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