Download or read book Oahu s Narrow Gauge Navy Rail written by Jeff Livingston and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: US Navy rail operations on Oahu began in 1908 with construction railroads used to help build the shipyard. Expansion of Pearl Harbor to include the submarine base and the naval magazine on Kuahua Island required a permanent railroad, which was begun in 1911. This construction provided industrial employment to hundreds of local men in the existing agricultural economy, and the influx of additional manpower from the mainland contributed to an increasingly skilled and diverse population. World War II brought about a dramatic increase in Navy railroad operations in support of the war effort. Success in the Pacific theater of operations depended on the Navy's railroads, equipment, and the Oahu Railway & Land Company (OR&L), which connected all the bases. The OR&L abandoned its main line in December 1947. By the mid-1950s, railroad operations at Pearl Harbor also ceased. Rail operations continued at and between Naval Magazine Lualualei and Ammunition Depot West Loch through the Korean Conflict and Vietnam era, ending in 1972.
Download or read book Oahu s Narrow Gauge Navy Rail written by Jeff Livingston and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: US Navy rail operations on Oahu began in 1908 with construction railroads used to help build the shipyard. Expansion of Pearl Harbor to include the submarine base and the naval magazine on Kuahua Island required a permanent railroad, which was begun in 1911. This construction provided industrial employment to hundreds of local men in the existing agricultural economy, and the influx of additional manpower from the mainland contributed to an increasingly skilled and diverse population. World War II brought about a dramatic increase in Navy railroad operations in support of the war effort. Success in the Pacific theater of operations depended on the Navys railroads, equipment, and the Oahu Railway & Land Company (OR&L), which connected all the bases. The OR&L abandoned its main line in December 1947. By the mid-1950s, railroad operations at Pearl Harbor also ceased. Rail operations continued at and between Naval Magazine Lualualei and Ammunition Depot West Loch through the Korean Conflict and Vietnam era, ending in 1972.
Download or read book Oahu s Narrow Gauge Army Rail written by Jeff Livingston and published by Arcadia Publishing Library Editions. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US Army Corps of Engineers built the first Army railroad on Oahu in 1907 to use for construction of Fort Kamehameha. Seven batteries were built between 1907 and 1920, and the "temporary" railroad not only remained but was expanded to become a permanent one in 1920 with the establishment of the 41st Coast Artillery (Railway). The Oahu Railway & Land Company (OR&L) provided most rail service to the Army, beginning with Fort Shafter in 1905 and Schofield Barracks in 1909. Government tracks were built at Schofield Barracks by the Army between 1922 and 1933, including an independent 60-centimeter "trench" railroad system. Two highly specialized railroads were built at Forts Weaver and Barrette to serve the 16-inch gun batteries. With the advent of World War II, the Army, short on equipment, continued to depend heavily on the OR&L. The OR&L abandoned its main line in December 1947, and the Army's railroads were also soon removed.
Download or read book Sugar Trains Narrow Gauge Rails of Hawaii written by J. C. Condé and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Hawaiian Island plantation railroad development from 1876.
Download or read book Oahu Railway and Land Co written by Oahu Railway and Land Company and published by . This book was released on 190? with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Next Stop Honolulu written by Jim Chiddix and published by Pfeiffer. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Next Stop Honolulu! was created by longtime Oahu Railway & Land Company buff Jim Chiddix and award-winning Hawai'i historian MacKinnon Simpson. It is the first book dedicated solely to the history of Frank Dillingham's OR&L and was blessed with unprecedented access to the Dillingham corporate and family archives. A number of prominent private photo collections were also opened just for this book.
Download or read book Oahu Railway written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Fowler Locomotives in the Kingdom of Hawaii written by Jesse C. Condé and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Narrow Gauge Railroad System a Complete Success Its Adaptability to the Business of the Pacific Coast written by William Stuart Watson and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Hawaiian Railway Album written by Gale E. Treiber and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
