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Ruins of Muscavado Sugar Mill in Tigbauan, Iloilo
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Tigbauan Muscavado Sugar Mill Ruins. These are three snapshots of what I have been told is a Muscavado sugar mill in Barangay Namocan, Tigbauan, Iloilo. It located on a Barangay road which leaves the National Highway near the Sol y Mar Resort and comes out at the Tigbauan-Leon highway near the Tigbauan High School. I’m told that the mill went into operation during World War II, possibly by the Japanese. The surrounding agricultural lands are now mostly rice land, but formerly were planted with sugar cane. The mill ruins are set in a very pretty grove of large Acacia trees.
If anyone has information on the mill and its history please share it in the comment box below.
Ruins of Tigbauan Muscavado Sugar Mill - Photo 1
Ruins of Tigbauan Muscavado Sugar Mill - Photo 2
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Posted by GOIloilo on 08.29.08 2:46PM under Heritage, Nature, Environment, Tigbauan, Iloilo
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Posted by Michelle Eusebio on 01.10.09 1:23 pm
Hello! Thanx for the photo on these ruins. Although I lived in SEAFDEC, Tigbauan for 15 years, I never heard of this muscovado sugar mill ruins until I came across this photo gallery. I just went there yesterday with my cousin to shot some pics. I guess that these ruins are part of Spanish heritage of the town due to the bricks which are similar to those in the town’s church and cemetery. This sugar mill is among the many old sugar mills in the Panay Island. It will be very nice, as in, to have proper research and historic preservation of this site.
I always have interests in ruins of Spanish colonization period since most of my archaeological experiences are dealing with them.
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Posted by walterledesmapadernal de zamboanga on 03.23.10 10:33 am
How about featuring the other muscavado sugar mills in Tigbauan. One was in Cordova which was opeational till early Sixties. The other was in a place we call Pihak Suba (other side of the river), just a kilometer away from a place, the so-called Dingle – a river bank wherein years ago we enjoyed frolicking in its clear waters. People used to call this particular sugar mill as Hacienda. Or even until now people call this place as Hacienda. Suggestion: Make a thorough research on these two (2) other sugar mills in Tigbauan. These are another valuable heritage in a rich history of Tigbauan.
Posted by Michelle S. Eusebio on 04.23.10 1:57 pm
Hello Walter! Saang barangay ng Tigbauan yung Pihak Suba? salamat!
Posted by walterledesmapadernal de zamboanga on 04.27.10 5:12 pm
Hi & Hello Michelle!
It’s a kilometer away or so from the concrete dike in Brgy. 3 (poblacion) I believe. Appropriately we used to call the place – Pihak Suba where the so called Hacienda is. People from pob. going to Dorong-an do really pass there. Though I’ve stayed most of my life here in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, I could still picture out that place. I do make it a point to spend my summer vacation out there. I was born and spent my boyhood in Tigbauan. We used to stay in Brgy. 3, near encrossand (crossing Tupan & Tronco Sts.).
Posted by Felisa Ayco Agcaoili on 05.05.10 3:20 am
Hello! If I’m not mistaken this is the place in Namocon where my classmates and I spent our money almost every afternoon just to buy sugar canes instead of riding in a tricycle in going home. I can still recall how sweet and fresh those sugar canes were! AND THE FUN THAT WE HAD IN THE 70s. I really wish to go and visit Tigbauan in the future.
By the way, I’m from Bgy Baguingin and now based in Toronto.
Salamat, kabay nga kaluy-an gid kita tanan kang mahal nga Diyos.
Posted by Michelle S. Eusebio on 08.09.10 12:12 am
Hello! Just checked out the muscovado ruins in Pihak Suba this afternoon, with the help of a guide who happens to be one of the motorcycle drivers. They are enclosed with trees and practically hidden from the public view. Also, inside the enclosed area are the eggplants.
Posted by GOIloilo on 08.12.10 8:42 pm
Thanks Michelle. Any photos available?