|| Index | Timeline | Economy | People | Places | New Orleans | Maps | Documents | Reference ||
!   Contact Encyclopedia Louisiana   ?


State Historical Marker








Hopedale Sugar Mill

Here at La Chincha, owned by Pierre Ruiz, are the remains of a steam engine sugar mill evaporator put in by Edgar Ruiz in November 1870, the last device of its kind in St. Bernard Parish, a relic of a by-gone era.

Located in Chalmette, District 2, St. Bernard Parish. 223



|Top of page|





|| Index | Timeline | People | Places | Maps | Documents | Reference ||





Updated: Sunday, June 20, 1999


Encyclopedia Louisiana
Your questions, comments and contributions to this page are welcomed.
12/13/99   1:16 PM

  Search by: 
Copyright©1998 Encyclopedia Louisiana
Scripting, Graphics Copyright©1998 Welcome Ink