Lautoka Mill

CSR Company Limited in Fiji

Lautoka Mill in the west of the island of Viti Levu, Fiji (just below Rarawai Mill) was opened in 1899. At Lautoka the CSR Company also grew the hybrid "Fiji King" pineapples. The plantation, near the CSR Staff compound, was known as "Pineapple Hill". The pineapple plantation and cannery operated between 1938 and 1955.

SS Rona at Lautoka wharf, 1947 (Photographer unknown) 171-1037

SS Rona at Lautoka wharf, 1947 (Photographer unknown) 171-1037

Lautoka Mill, 1940s, (Photographer unknown) Z364-186

Lautoka Mill, 1940s, (Photographer unknown) Z364-186

Lautoka mill and wharf, late 1970s (Photographer unknown) Z364-188

Lautoka mill and wharf, late 1970s (Photographer unknown) Z364-188

Lautoka Mill circa 1954 (Photographer unknown) Z364-368

Lautoka Mill circa 1954 (Photographer unknown) Z364-368

Setting out new pineapple plants, Lautoka, 1948 (Photographer unknown) Z364-369

Setting out new pineapple plants, Lautoka, 1948 (Photographer unknown) Z364-369

Lautoka Mill, 1940s (Photographer unknown) Z364-392

Lautoka Mill, 1940s (Photographer unknown) Z364-392

CSR's training farm for Fijian youths at Drasa, Lautoka, circa 1940 (Photographer unknown) Z364-376

CSR's training farm for Fijian youths at Drasa, Lautoka, circa 1940 (Photographer unknown) Z364-376