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Sugar Production
Sugar production as shown in these pictures used drained and dredged swampland.
Guyana's coastal area irrigation itself depends on massive pumps to maintain water levels.
Vast areas are cultivated in strip rotational plantations.
Once grown the cane is flash burnt to kill snakes and other dangerous animals.
Fifty years ago, the cane was manually cut by plantation workers, moved locally by barges to sugar cane refineries.
The cane was then crushed and the resultant extract purified by chemical and filtration processes to give us the various forms of sugar we see today.
1 ) Kaieteur falls, Guyana, at 741 feet are 5 times the height of Niagra falls. Although not the largest
single drop falls they are probably the biggest volume falls in the world.
2 ) Sugar cane needs a large amount of water and this is controlled by dredging and to-sea pumps.
3 ) Sugar cane grows as a large grass.
4,5) Once grown, it is flash burnt to kill snakes etc
6,7,8) Views of plantation workers from 50 years ago cutting and transporting cane.
9 ) Sugar refinery.
10) One of many falls in Guyana's rainforest.
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Comments
Published as an interesting insight into the white crystalline substance of sugar that many consider "natural". Its origin predates the West Indian plantations by a thousand years. Sugar has now become a massive part of the western diet to the extent that true natural sugars from fruits and vegetables are becoming overlooked as truly natural sugar sources.