February Receiving freight at Kahili Landing, 1912

Receiving freight at Kāhili Landing. Incoming freight was landed by hoisting sling loads up to the landing from the ship with a small steam engine, callled a “Donkey” engine. Kīlauea Sugar Plantation, Kaua‘i, 1912. (H. W. Thomas photograph album, page 45. Hawaiian Historical Society.)

 
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