Mount Healthy windmill, Tortola

Name: Mount Healthy windmill
Address: Tortola, British Virgin Islands

#9 among attractions in Tortola

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Mount Healthy windmill is a ruined windmill on the north side of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. It was formerly used during the plantation era of the Territory to crush sugar cane. After the collapse of the sugar economy in the early nineteenth century the windmill fell into disuse and became a ruin. It crushed cane for the sugar mill and rum distillery in nearby Brewer's Bay. There are other ruins like the Boiling House, remnants of the Animal Mill Round, distillery, hospital, storage, shed, and housing. The 18th century windmill belonged to the area's wealthiest planter. Slaves harvested and processed sugar cane into sugar at this extensive sugarcane plantation. ()

Coordinates: 18°26'43"N, 64°38'26"W

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Tortola British Virgin Islands

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Mount Healthy windmill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St. William's Church, Mount Sage National Park, The Moorings Marina, Fort Recovery.

2.2 miSE
Church
St. William's Church, Road Town
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3.2 miS
Natural attraction, National park, Park
Mount Sage National Park, Tortola
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2.1 miSE
18°25'36"N • 64°36'56"W
The Moorings Marina, Road Town
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4.7 miSW
Tower
Fort Recovery, Tortola
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1.6 miE
Ruins
Cooper Bay ruin, Tortola
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2.5 miSE
Ruins
Fort Charlotte, Tortola
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5.1 miW
Park
Diamond Cay
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2.6 miSE
Ruins
Fort George, Road Town
66 min walk • Fort George is a colonial fort which was erected on the northeast edge of Road Town, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands above Baugher's Bay. The site is now a ruin.
3.6 miS
Ruins
Fort Purcell, Tortola
93 min walk • Fort Purcell is a ruined fort near Pockwood Pond on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.
2.8 miE
Ruins
Cooten Bay ruin, Tortola
72 min walk • The Cooten Bay ruin is a ruin in Cooten Bay, on the north side of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. The ruin probably dates from the sugar plantation era, although the fortification of the property with cannon may suggest an earlier date.
2.5 miSE
Museum
Government House, Road Town
64 min walk • Government House, located in Road Town, Tortola, is the official residence of the governor of the British Virgin Islands. The original structure, dating back to 1899, was destroyed by a hurricane in 1924.