Old Glory

ON A TEA PLANTATION IN THE AZORES

ne of the magazine’s previous contributors from Portugal, João , went on a family holiday to the Azores in September and whilst there, they There is also another tea plantation not far away - Fábrica de Chá do Porto Formoso - which also has Marshallprocessing equipment but, as far as is known, there are no steam engines there. Whatever drove the machinery when it was originally installed at this location was presumably superseded by electric power some time ago.

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