Makiki Pumping Station
Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started: 1935
Completed: 1937
Designers: Hart Wood
Status: Marked
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
From a Department of Land and Natural Resources calendar: “The Makiki-Manoa Pumping Station (1935), designed by architect Hart Wood and the landscape architecture firm of Thompson & Thompson, was one of a number of Honolulu Board of Water Supply improvements funded by the WPA.”
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Makiki Pumping Station
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Stone-lined creek channel next to Makiki Pumping Station.
Makiki Pumping Station Grounds
Stone-lined creek channel next to Makiki Pumping Station.
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Source: Public Buildings: Architecture Under the Public Works Administration 1933 to 1939.
Makiki Pumping Station Plan
Source: Public Buildings: Architecture Under the Public Works Administration 1933 to 1939.
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Makiki Pumping Station plaque
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Makiki Pumping Station
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Makiki-Manoa pumping plant verso
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“This modern pumping plant is located on the hills of Makiki-Manoa, Honolulu. This plant was constructed by PWA.” National Archives and Records Administration photo processed by Brent McKee.
Makiki-Manoa pumping plant
"This modern pumping plant is located on the hills of Makiki-Manoa, Honolulu. This plant was constructed by PWA." National Archives and Records Administration photo processed by Brent McKee.
Source notes
Calendar: "Federal Works Projects in Hawai'I: State of Hawai'I: Department of Land and Natural Resources: Protecting Our Past: 2011"
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