月眉糖廠創立於民國3年（1909年），原名大甲製糖所，隸屬於日糖興業株式會社。台灣光復後，由台灣糖業股份有限公司接管，隸屬於台中總廠。1945年8月，糖廠修復並恢復生產。由於環境變遷，於1999年3月停止製糖，轉型為觀光糖廠。
為了讓遊客體驗甘蔗過磅的情境，特別於99年2月12日設計了這個磅秤。由於月眉糖廠是台糖目前保存最北的糖廠(註1)，因此將此磅秤命名為「台糖第一磅」，象徵著台糖從北到南的第一個磅秤(註2)，同時也代表台糖追求服務至上的企業精神。
Yuehmei Sugar Refinery was established in 1909 (ROC year 3) and was originally named Dajia Sugar Factory. It was affiliated with the Dai-Nippon Sugar Co., Ltd. After Taiwan's restoration, the Taiwan Sugar Corporation took over, making it part of the Taichung main factory. In August 1945, the factory was repaired and resumed production. Due to environmental changes, it ceased sugar production in March 1999 and transformed into a tourist factory.
To allow visitors to experience the process of weighing sugarcane, this scale was specially designed on February 12, 1999. Since Yuehmei Sugar Refinery is the northernmost sugar factory currently preserved by Taiwan Sugar Corporation(Note 1), this scale is named "TSC First Scale," symbolizing the first scale of Taiwan Sugar Corporation from north to south and representing Taiwan Sugar Corporation's pursuit of excellent service.(Note2)
During the sugar production period, sugarcane had to be weighed at the weighing station upon arrival at the factory. Since the weight of sugarcane directly affected the farmers' income and the factory's costs, the fairness of weighing has always been highly valued.
Note 1: The northernmost sugar factory in Taiwan was Taipei Sugar Factory, which was abolished in 1942 and the factory has been demolished.
Note 2: The sugarcane raw material was weighed at the weighing station, not here. The Yuehmei Sugar Refinery weighing station is currently preserved in the park and is located opposite the Wufen Station platform.