- City:
- Honolulu, HI
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Flood and Erosion Control
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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"Contribute to this Site
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