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Museo Hacienda Buena Vista preserves one of Puerto Rico’s best preserved coffee plantations on an estate established in 1833 by the Vives family near Ponce. Expanded from food production into corn milling and later coffee processing, it became one of the mountain region’s most successful plantations, aided by an engineered water system and machinery powered by a nearby waterfall. Its canal, aqueduct, original buildings, and the island’s only remaining Barker hydraulic turbine reveal both agricultural and industrial history. After decline in the early 20th century and partial expropriation, the remaining property was restored and opened in 1987 to interpret Puerto Rico’s coffee-growing past.
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