Porto da Cruz
Seaside village beneath a sheer cliff, home to a steam-driven cane rum mill still at work.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Porto da Cruz on Madeira's north coast stands you on the seafront beside the Companhia dos Engenhos do Norte, a basalt cane mill that went up in the late nineteen twenties. It follows the stone, the brick chimney and a boiler shipped from Liverpool, and a sum about ages that refuses to come out right. Best heard facing the mill's north side, where the chimney rises.
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