Kilauea Light

Kilauea Light

Infobox Lighthouse



caption = Kilauea Lighthouse, 2008
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yearlit = 1913
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Kīlauea Lighthouse is located in Kīlauea on the island of Kauaokinai, Hawaiokinai in the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.

Kīlauea Point, a narrow, lava peninsula protruding from the northern shore of Kauaokinai, was purchased from the Kīlauea Sugar Plantation Company in 1909 "for the consideration of one dollar". Before construction could begin, a method for delivering supplies to the point had to be developed. Due to the lack of good roads in the area, the decision was made to bring the materials in by sea.

The lighthouse tender "Kukui" would anchor offshore and then dispatch small boats laden with supplies to a cove near the point. Since there was no beach, the boats would anchor to cleats cemented into the lava rocks at the point. A boom derrick, constructed on a ledge ninety feet above the water, would pluck the supplies from the boats and place them on a loading platform 110 feet above the water.

External links

* [http://www.kilauealighthouse.org/ Kilauea Light Station Restoration Project]
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=139 Kilauea Lighthouse] at lighthousefriends.com
* [http://www.hawaiiweb.com/Kauai/html/sites/kilauea_lighthouse.html Kilauea Lighthouse]


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