Hakalau Plantation Company- Mill Ruins

USA / Hawaii / Honomu / End of Wailea Rd or Old Mamalahoa Hwy., Hakalau, Hawaii
 building, place with historical importance

The Hakalau Sugar Mill was built in 1890 by the
Hakalau Plantation Company on the shores of
Hakalau Bay, on the big island of Hawaii, which
became a busy shipping port during the days of
inter-island sailing ships. The mill was severely
damaged by a tsunami in 1946 but rebuilt and
resumed operation that same year. Sustained by
the mill, Hakalau remained a thriving, multiethnic
sugar plantation town up until the early 1960s,
when operations began to decline. In 1974, with
expenses outweighing demand, the mill shut down
operations and the site became idle. Major mill
structures were demolished and removed in 1979,
though concrete slabs, partial walls, and remnants
of the mill’s cart rail and water flume were left
behind to rust amidst the heavy vegetation. The
dormant site was purchased by Continental Pacific,
LLC in 2003, and donated to the County of Hawaii
Department of Parks and Recreation in May
2006
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Coordinates:   19°53'58"N   155°7'43"W
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