Sugarcane field

Kauai Sugar Industry

By k14nomora

  • First Sugar Industry Opened On Kauai

  • Koloa Sugar Company

    Sugar Factory Established 1835 at Koloa, Kauai

  • First Harvest of Sugar Cane on Kauai

    Two tons of raw sugar were harvested.

  • Lihue Sugar Plantation

    Sugar Factory Established 1849 in Lihue, Kauai

  • Workers and Immigrants were brought

    Workers and Immigrants were brought to Kauai for labor

  • Kekaha Sugar Company

    Sugar Factory Established in 1856 at Kekaha, Kauai

  • Grove Farm Plantation

    Sugar Factory Established 1864 at Lihue, Kauai

  • The 1876 Treaty of Reciprocity

    The 1876 Treaty of Reciprocity between the United States and the Kingdom of Hawaii eliminated the major trade barrier to Hawaii's closest major market for its raw sugar and a new industry in Hawaii was born.

  • Kilauea Sugar Plantation

    Sugar Factory Established 1877 at Kilauea, Kauai

  • McKee Plantation

    Sugar Factory Established 1877 at Kealia, Kauai

  • Gay and Robinson

    Sugar factory Established 1889 at Makaweli, Kauai

  • McBryde Plantation

    Sugar Factory Established 1899 Eleele, Kalaheo, and Lawai, Kauai

  • Kipu Plantation

    Sugar Factory Established 1907 at Kipu, Kauai