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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 394685 Fairymead Mill Office, Bundaberg, ca. 1890.jpg en Fairymead Mill Office Bundaberg ca 1890 Arthur and Horace began operations at Fairymead in 1880 By 1883 the rougher pioneering work was done and the first major crop harvested For the first two years the Young's punted the juice from their crops to Millaquin plantation and sugar refinery In 1884 they installed a clarification unit and boiling plant which enabled them to refine their own sugar as well as the sugar crops of smaller plantations in the Bundaberg region By the end of 1884 cane from the Fairymead plantation processed by their own mill was producing 15 tons of sugar daily In setting up Fairymead Mill the Young brothers chose to install 81cm rollers imported from Glasgow to crush the cane instead of the standard 76cm rollers They installed a Relieux furnace to improve processing efficiency of the raw juice and in circa 1882 they initiated the use of Fowler's tramway system to bring cane to the mill introducing the now universal system of cane railways to the Bundaberg district circa 1890 handle 10462/deriv/192413 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Office buildings in Queensland Verandas on office buildings Queensland Queenslander architecture Fairymead sugar mill 1890 in Queensland Black and white photographs | ||||
