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Aruba - Gold Smelter Ruins

This looks like the ruins of an old fort, but it is the ruins of an old gold smelter, on Aruba at Bushiribana. Depending on what you read, it was built around 1825 and operated for most of the 19th century, or it was built in 1872 and operated for 10 years.

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Uploaded on February 16, 2009
Taken on April 18, 2005