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Clewiston mill and refinery
the region's flagship sugar mill
- Founded
- 1929
- Evidence class
- publicly verified operating
- Place
- Clewiston, Hendry County
- District
- The Glades
- Status as of 12 September 2026
- Operating as U.S. Sugar's sole Florida mill, described by the company as the world's largest vertically integrated cane sugar mill and refinery.
- Connections
- 4 edges, 4 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.004 (rank 117 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 78) · outside share 0.00
- Confidence
- High · sources: [FHS29] [USSH] (register)
Southern Sugar opens the Clewiston Sugar House on 19 January 1929; U.S. Sugar runs it from 1931 and the modern facility processes up to 42,000 tons of cane a day, fed by the company's own railroad [FHS29][USSH].
Connections
Location and lineage
- unit or member ofU.S. Sugar Corporationthe company's flagship mill and refinery1931 to present
- received land or role fromBryant Sugar Houseprocessing consolidates at Clewiston after the closure2007
- built bySouthern Sugar Companybuilds the mill opened 19 January 19291929
Support
- supported bySouth Central Florida Expresshauls harvested cane to the mill from around the lake1994 to present