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    Kauai Belt Road

    Kauai Belt Road – Kauai HI

    Date added: June 25, 2017; Modified: July 5, 2023

    The National Industrial Recovery Administration awarded the “United States Public Works project no. NRH-12-B, Kauai Belt Road […] for the sum of $354,355.63.” The two-lane highway continues to serve as the primary thoroughfare between most inhabited communities on the island.

    Aerial View of Port Allen in 1932 with the Hanapepe Air Field in the Foreground

    Port Allen Harbor – Eleele HI

    Date added: June 22, 2017; Modified: July 5, 2023

    The Army Corps of Engineers, the Public Works Administration, and the National Industrial Recovery Administration funded and conducted improvement operations in the Port Allen Harbor between 1934 and 1935. The work consisted of creating a 1,200 foot “rubble-mound breakwater,” and dredging the “harbor… read more

    Filtration Plant – Omao, Kauai HI

    Date added: June 29, 2017; Modified: May 16, 2022

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded new construction or improvement work for a filtration plant in Omao, on the island of Kauai. The PWA grant amounted to $20,925. The work was carried out in 1938. The project, listed as Docket… read more

    Waterworks – Hanalei HI

    Date added: July 2, 2017; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded new construction or improvement work on a waterworks project in Hanalei on Kauai. The PWA grant amounted to $13,500, and the work was carried out in 1938. The project, listed as Docket No. TH-1090-F,… read more

    High School Gymnasium – Lihue HI

    Date added: June 29, 2017; Modified: July 13, 2017

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded new construction or improvement work for a gymnasium at the high school in Lihue, Kauai. The PWA grant amounted to $26,280. The work was carried out in 1938. The project, listed as Docket No…. read more

    CCC Camp at Waimea – Kauai HI

    Date added: June 26, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps built a camp at Waimea on Kauai for 80 enrollees. The expenditure was $68,415.37. The CCC worked in forested areas in the vicinity of this camp, and their work typically included projects like tree planting; truck,… read more