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The Kauai Plantation Railway is a heritage railroad on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.Built in 2006 and opened in January 2007, the railroad operates on a 2.5-mile (4 km) long track within the Kilohana Plantation and offers passenger rides around the plantation, pulled by a 1940s diesel locomotive.
The Kauai Plantation Railway opened for business in January 2007 as “the first new railroad to be built in Hawaii in 100 years.” [29] Indirectly, both the Grove Farm and Kauai Plantation heritage railways share common ancestry. Kauai Plantation Railway offers a tour of Kilohana, the former estate of Gaylord Parke Wilcox (1881–1970 ...
The gardens were created in the 1930s by Alexandra Moir while her husband was manager of Hawaii's first sugarcane plantation, Koloa Plantation, near the site. [2] By 1948 the private gardens were reportedly identified as "one of the ten best cactus and succulent gardens in the world." They opened to the public in 1954.
Founded in 1835, the Koloa sugar plantation and mill was the first successful large-scale sugar operation in the Hawaiian Islands. [13] Poipu Bay Golf Course – Home of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf from 1994 to 2006 [14] [15] Saint Raphael Catholic Church - The oldest Catholic church in Kauai; Spouting Horn – park with blowhole; Hoʻai heiau
The first permanent plantation in the islands was on Kauai in 1835. William Hooper leased 980 acres (4 km 2) of land from Kamehameha III and began growing sugar cane. Within thirty years there would be plantations on four of the main islands. Sugar had completely altered Hawaii's economy. [15]
The Haena Archeological Complex, on Kauai near Hanalei, Hawaii, is an archeological site complex that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [1]It includes several sites: (1) house of high chief Lohiʻau (lover of Hi'iaka); (2) Ke-ahu-a-Laka hālau hula platform; (3) Ka-ulu-a-paʻoa heiau platform [3] It dates from c.1600 and is listed on the National Register for its ...
Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa: 810 3 Ohana Pacific Management Co. 371 4 Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital 275 5 Kauai Beach Resort: 160 6 Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital 148 7 Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative: 140 8 Kauai Nursery & Landscaping Inc. 97 9 Gather FCU: 88 10 The Parrish Collection 85
The Kilauea Plantation Head Bookkeeper's House, at 2421 Kolo Rd. in Kilauea, Hawaii, was built in 1930. Its NRHP listing, also in 1993, included two contributing buildings . [ 5 ] The main house was the seventh stone house built by the plantation, and is "a good example of the bungalow/craftsman style in Hawaii".