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Nu’uanu Stream – Honolulu HI

Project type: Flood and Erosion Control, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

“The lava rock walls that lined Nu’uanu Stream were part of a WPA funded flood control project (1937). Flood control assumed a high priority in Honolulu after a February 27, 1935 storm dumped 14.23 inches of rain in Nu’uanu Dowsett in 15 hours, flooding Chinatown’s River Street and killing nine people.”

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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Location Info

Nuuanu Stream
Honolulu, HI 96817

Coordinates: 21.317482, -157.85839

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