domino sugar now

These high wild hills and rough uneven ways 

Draw out our miles and make them wearisome; 

But yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar, 

Making the hard way sweet and delectable

~William Shakespeare 

In the post-Civil War era when New York City dominated sugar production worldwide, the Domino plant employed 4,500 workers, processed 3 million pounds of sugar daily, and was the largest refinery in the world.