The yachts docked at the English Harbor of the historical Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua. It has been home to one of the largest charter yacht shows, welcoming super-yachts from around the world. (Dec. 17, 2024)
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The former Officers Quarters at Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua was built in 1821 to provide accommodation for Royal Navy Officers awaiting repairs to their vessels in the dockyard. It is a two-story structure of wood, stone and brick. (Dec. 17, 2024)
Arriving at Betty’ Hope Sugar Plantation, the first stop of our private tour with Vernon “Antigua Round Island Tour” on the island country of Antigua and Barbuda. It was the first large-scale sugar plantation to operate in Antigua and belonged to the Codrington family from 1674 until 1944. (Dec. 17, 2024)
The remains of a Cistern Complex at Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua. (Dec. 17, 2024)
The remains of a Cistern Complex at Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua. (Dec. 17, 2024)
This is what is left of the Great House on Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua, one of the earliest sugar plantations dating from 1651. (Dec. 17, 2024)
This is what is left of the Great House on Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua, one of the earliest sugar plantations dating from 1651. The great house was not particularly grand considering it was for a time the seat of government, on one of the richest plantations on the island. The Codrington family, which owned it for many years, spent very little time here instead using overseers to run the plantation. Supervised by a handful of European managers, hundreds of Africans lived out their lives on this and similar plantations, first as slaves, then as laborers after emancipation in 1834. (Dec. 17, 2024)
The remains of the Still House at Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua. (Dec. 17, 2024)
The remains of the Still House at Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua. (Dec. 17, 2024)
The remains of the Still House at Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua where the pipes carrying the condensed rum into large tanks for mixing and diluting down to about 60% alcohol, and then into wooden barrels for storage and in some cases aging. The fermentation tanks, for the wash, would also probably have been located on the lower floor of the still house. The upper floor would have been used for storing the barrels. (Dec. 17, 2024)
Not much left of the Great House at Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua, one of the oldest sugar plantations from 1651. (Dec. 17, 2024)
The remains of a Cistern Complex at Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua. (Dec. 17, 2024)
The remains of the Still House at Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua. (Dec. 17, 2024)
The restored windmills at Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation in Antigua which took about eight years to restore. The windmills were used to crush sugar cane and central to the operation of a sugar estate. The extracted cane juice, produced after milling, was collected into a large iron tank located below the rollers from where it was then pumped to the boiling-house for further processing. (Dec. 17, 2024)
The Devil’s Bridge National Park in Antigua is a natural rock arch that features several natural blowholes which shoot up water and spray powered by waves from the Atlantic Ocean. (Dec. 17, 2024)