|
The Isis Central Sugar Mill Company was registered as a Company
on 16th July 1894. The factory was constructed by Walkers Ltd
in 1896-1897. In the first year of operation, the Mill crushed
the equivalent of 7,918 tonnes of cane to yield 807 tonnes of
sugar. At that time, there were 30 cane suppliers who received
approximately 96c (10 shillings) per tonne for their cane.
1n 1924, the Company took over the Doolbi Mill and the cane from
this area was delivered to rail to Isis Mill. The CSR Childers
Mill closed in 1933 and the rolling stock, tramway system and
cane supply was transferred to the Isis Central Sugar Mill leaving
this Mill the sole survivor within the Childers area.
At present, there are approximately 200 growers supplying sugar
cane to the Mill and the cane is harvested from an area of approximately
13,000 hectares. All the cane is delivered to the Mill over 153
kilometres of narrow gauge (610mm) railway. The Mill has, in a
single season, processed 1,364,721 tonnes of cane for the production
of 186,159 tonnes of raw sugar.
To read more of the history of Isis Mill
click the button marked "history" at the side of the
page.
|