The Grove Farm Sugar Cane Train In Kauai!!!
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On August 1, 2014, during the first day of the Wilcox Family reunion in Kauai that I attended, my aunt along with some cousins got to organize an event with the Grove Farm Museum's Historical locomotive that runs on 1,800 feet of the original Lihue Plantation Railroad Right-Of-Way. This was really fun because this is the only authentic sugar plantation steam train experience in the state. In this video, you will see engineer Scott Johnson getting the train ready for it's trip, some rail switching, the train attaching to the sugar cane cars, and parts of the trip, including the train crossing over a stone bridge that is over one hundred years old. Information about some of the history of the locomotives you will see to follow:
Wainiha: This is the locomotive that they used on this trip. This is a Baldwin 0-6-2T that weights 28 tons and was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1915. It was built for the McBryde Sugar Company, and then bought by Grove Farm in 1956. On September 24, 1957, it was the last steam locomotive to haul sugar cane to the mill in Hawaiian Sugar history. It is named Wainiha which is a stream on the North Shore of Kauai. It was restored by Miss Mabel Wilcox in 1975. This locomotive pulled 50 to 60 sugar cane cars alone, and was featured in the 2000 World War II movie To End All Wars.
Paulo: You will see this locomotive a little after the beginning being pushed back to the shed. Paulo is the oldest surviving plantation locomotive in Hawaii today. It was manufactured at the Hohenzollern Works in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1887, and shipped to the Koloa Sugar Company. It was named after Mr. Paul Isenberg who's the owner of Lihue Plantation and a officer of the Koloa Sugar Company. This locomotive weights 10 tons and can pull 50 tons of sugar cane. It was in use until 1920, and then restored by the Grove Farm Museum in 1981. This train also made an appearance in the 2000 film To End All Wars.
Interesting enough, both of these locomotives were almost bought by Disney for $500 a piece, before Miss Mabel Wilcox decided to buy them and restore them to what they are today.
If you would like to ride one of these authentic sugar cane trains, Grove Farm does a monthly fire up every second Thursday of the month. It is free of charge.
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1960 HAWAII HISTORY EDUCATIONAL FILM SUGAR INDUSTRY & AGRICULTURE 89554
Hawaii Our Sugar Islands is a color documentary on Hawaii and their production of sugar. It was produced by Vista Products, Inc. for the California and Hawaii Sugar Co. According to the clothing worn in the film, it was probably produced in the 1960’s.
Opens with a color focus symbol with Vista Productions Inc., San Francisco on it (0:07-0:16). Beautiful ocean scenes, beach scenes, flowers, and Hawaiian scenery (0:18-1:29). An Islander discusses three Hawaiian ancient gods: 1. goddess of the volcano, Pele, the creator of the Hawaiian Islands; 2. god of rain, Lono; 3. god of sunlight and fresh water, Kane (1:30-2:08). Views of a sugar cane field (2:09-2:49). Hawaii was created by volcanic action below the sea, the work of Pele (2:50-3:28); the island was nothing but lava rock, so wind, rain, waves, made soil (3:29-3:55); lichen, moss and fern appeared, seeds were planted by birds, they sprouted and grew (3:56-4:28). Beauty was created by Kane (4:29-4:47). Origin of people is unknown (4:48-5:19). Map showing the ocean currents used by immigrants to reach the Many Islands or Polynesian Islands (5:20-5:39). Wild pigs (5:54-5:56), chickens (5:57-5:58), dogs (5:59-6:00), potatoes, bread fruit, and sugar cane (6:00-6:16). Planting sugarcane (6:17-6:29). Drawings of James Cook and his landing in Hawaii in 1778. Maps were developed showing the 7 islands of the Hawaii Islands, Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau (7:06-7:51). Kauai was first sugar plantation (7:51-8:12). Within 3 years 20 sugar mills started up. Pictures of those sugar mills and planters (8:14-8:40). Views of sugarcane fields (8:41-8:54). Sugarcane needs lots of water (8:55-9:30). To irrigate their fields they burrowed tunnels, built siphons, raised flumes, and dug ditches (9:31-10:11). Pictures of early settlers (10:12-10:37). Interviews with Hawaiian peoples (10:38-11:42). Scenes of development of sugarcane farming (11:44-11:58). Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, founded in 1895, owned by the farmers and used to develop the sugar industry. The Research Center used to help combat disease and environmental issues (11:59-13:14). Sugarcane borer (12:42-12:12:46). A picture illustration of how sugar is made through Photosynthesis (13:24-14:27). How to harvest sugar: 1. Burn the plants (14:34-14:52), 2. Rake the stalks (14:53-15:13), 3. Transport to mill (15:14-15:34) 4. Cane is washed (15:35-15:38). 5. Cane juice is pressed out. Man illustrates this process. Leftover fibers fuel the mill, molasses extract is used in cattle feed (15:39-16:22), 6. Sugar powder transported to ships to be carried to processing plant (16:23-17:15). The processing plant, the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company, established in 1906, Crockett, California, refines the sugar (17:16-17:37). A discussion of how the crystals are turned into sugar using an illustration (17:38-18:10). A conveyor belt is shown with blocks of sugar being processed and made ready for shipment (18:10-18:57). Trains carry sugar to differing parts of the country (18:58-19:08). Many forms of sugar are seen on store shelves. (19:10-19:24). Hawaiian tourism is another industry of Hawaii. Views of tourist attractions like the Arizona Memorial from WWII, King Kamehameha, and the Hawaiian flag (19:54-21:20).
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Kauai Stories: Life on the Garden Island told by Kauai's People is a collection of more than 50 touching, inspiring and humorous personal stories woven together to paint a picture of Kauai. Available in all ebook formats and in paperback shortly. kauaistories.net or find it on amazon.com, itunes.com, barnes&noble.com and other online booksellers.
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Transcription:
Q: Did you want to be in the Army?
A: (Hesitates)
Q: Not so much?
A: Not so much. But we were just bombed. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, so we had to prove our loyalty. So the 100th battalion, all of us, with good white leadership, we did our very best. We had to prove.
Q. How did you feel when Pearl Harbor was bombed?
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