Ecuador - Trapiche de Caldera (Sugar Treadmill of Caldera)

Only vestiges of the treadmill remain, that is, there is no complete structure or identifiable features. There are some walls, and one can see the different aspects of the construction such as the carved stones and the bricks, however, it has a historic importance because of the productive activity of the treadmill in all its process. It was the reason of the forced settlement of the inhabitants of the community of Caldera, since they were brought as slaves to work these lands. The treadmill was very near the house of the hacienda. There is still a wall of the structure of the mill and one may see the space in which the treadmill was. There is lack of interest and knowledge about what happened once within these walls (silence).