Site of Demolished Kadena Sugar Mill
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Site of Demolished Kadena Sugar Mill
The Kadena sugar mill, which was formally called the Kadena factory of Okinawa Sugar Co., Ltd., came into operation in 1912. This factory came into operation as a brown sugar mill at first, and started operating as a centrifugal sugar mill in 1913. The factory was destroyed by the war and closed down.
Initially, sugar made in the factory was shipped by boat. The Kadena Line of the Okinawa Light Railway stretched to the premises of the factory in 1922, when the factory started the transportation of sugar by train.
With the construction of this sugar factory, a large number of people from Kadena, Chatan, and Yomitan were engaged in labor and they greatly contributed to the development of the town.
嘉手纳糖厂遗址
嘉手納糖厂正式名称功沖縄制糖株式会社嘉手納工厂, 从1912年(大正元年)开始营运。初期为产量400吨的黒糖工厂、
但自1913年(大正2年)起、作为精制糖工厂营运。沖縄战役时工厂因遭破坏而被迫停业。
最初、在比制成的砂糖以船运出货, 但自1922年(大正11年)沖绳軽便鉄道嘉手納线舗没后,鉄路穿过厂内, 开始以鉄路搬运砂糖。
该糖厂的设立,使得嘉手纳、北谷、读谷各地众多居民得以在制糖期间工作,对城市发展贡献极大。
