Loading the Sugarcane Punts

Sugarcane was one of the major agricultural crops in British Guiana. The process was largely manual work. The workers harvest the sugarcane and load them on to the punts for transport to the next stage. The punts were pulled by ox or tractor along an intricate network of canals leading to the sugarcane processing factory for unloading. Sugar and rum were the main end-products. The image shows the sugarcane loaded on to punts and the navigation of the punts along the canal in British Guiana.

Image 01 - Sugarcane punts and navigation canals (1908)

Image 02 - Heading out sugarcane to punts (1924)

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