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Hatchet Bay Plantation
The building set ablaze in Nassau yesterday is what was left of the Hatchet Bay Plantation, also called the Hatchet Bay Milk Stand. Though there were other stands.
The building (& the dock behind it) were built by Austin Levy in the 1930s.
Hatchet Bay Plantation
The building set ablaze in Nassau yesterday is what was left of the Hatchet Bay Plantation, also called the Hatchet Bay Milk Stand. Though there were other stands.
The building (& the dock behind it) were built by Austin Levy in the 1930s.
The Hatchet Bay Plantation on Eleuthera, in Hatchet Bay as the name indicates, was a dairy farm established by Levy in 1936. The local dairy products fed, almost literally, the entire colony making it very profitable and The Bahamas self-sustaining in regards to dairy goods.
During this period, The Bahamas was flourishing economically, but the out islands weren’t seeing the effects of the economic gains & many islanders had to relocate to Nassau.
To increase profitability, Levy saw the need to create stores where the bulk of the population lived.
To increase profitability, Levy saw the need to create stores where the bulk of the population lived.
As such, Levy built the dock & building for the Hatchet Bay Plantation in Nassau where dairy products from Eleuthera could be more easily accessed by more people.
Several Hatchet Bay Milk Stands were built to ease distribution w/ one being demolished most recently in 2006.
Several Hatchet Bay Milk Stands were built to ease distribution w/ one being demolished most recently in 2006.
The Hatchet Bay Plantation remained, for decades, a successful source of dairy products for Bahamians around the islands.
Only until after it was nationalised, in 1975, by the government did it meet its demise.
The remaining building on Bay St fell into disrepair.
Only until after it was nationalised, in 1975, by the government did it meet its demise.
The remaining building on Bay St fell into disrepair.
The iconic silos throughout Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera are now all that are left of what was once a very successful Bahamian dairy industry.
Smt. You really read all this and thought I wasn’t ga shame you for learning?
