Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District

[4] Intermittently starting in the 1670s, the land along the shorelines of Saint John was occupied by settlers with diverse nationalities.

[2] Par Force Estate was located on the east side of Reef Bay Valley and early documents indicate that the land was in use at the time of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John with Anthony Zytstems the original owner.

A 1780 maps shows Zystems continuing to own the land and a sugar factory and animal mill on the property.

[2] An unnamed parcel of land located on the north east end of Reef Bay was identified on a 1780 map as being owned by C. Wyle and as a cattle and cotton plantation.

The factory buildings include a boiling room, an animal-powered mill, and a still with a cooling cistern for distilling rum.

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Sugar factory.
Steam-powered engine.