Your purchase helps to support The US Army Museum of Hawaii to build new exhibits, maintain current exhibits and maintain the facility
Your purchase helps to support The US Army Museum of Hawaii to build new exhibits, maintain current exhibits and maintain the facility
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The US Army Corps of Engineers built the first Army railroad on Oahu in 1907 to use for construction of Fort Kamehameha. Seven batteries built between 1907 and 1920 and the "temporary" railroad not only remained but was expanded to become a permanent one in 1920 with the establishment of the 41st Coast Artillery (Railway).
Jeff Livingston, historian at the Hawaiian Railway Society, uses historic photographs and official reports from the US Army Museum of Hawaii, the Hawaiian Railway Society and other public and private collections to document the Army's railroad history on Oahu, the existence of which is now largely forgotten.
