Whim is a settlement on the island of
Saint Croix in the
United States Virgin Islands.
It is located east of
Frederiksted off Centerline Road.
History
The town is located at the site of Estate Whim, a large
sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...
plantation,
sugar mill
A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw or white sugar.
The term is also used to refer to the equipment that crushes the sticks of sugar cane to extract the juice.
Processing
There are a number of steps in pro ...
, and rum
distillery
Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation, usually inside an apparatus known as a still. Dry distillation is the heati ...
during the colonial
Danish West Indies era. The Whin estate was in the 18th century owned first by
Christopher MacEvoy Sr. and later by his son
Christopher MacEvoy Jr.
Christopher MacEvoy Jr. (1760 – 1838) was a Danish merchant, landowner and planter. He was born in the Danish West Indies, where MacEvoy owned the Whim plantation, now a museum, on St. Croix. He later moved to Copenhagen where he established a ...
The stone ruins are on the
National Register of Historic Places.
See also
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Sugar production in the Danish West Indies
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Sugar plantations in the Caribbean
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National Register of Historic Places listings in the United States Virgin Islands
References
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Populated places in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
National Register of Historic Places in the United States Virgin Islands
Plantations in the Danish West Indies
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