History of the Honolulu Engineer District 1905-1965

Abstract

Abstract : The following history of the Honolulu Engineer District attempts to depict the major trends and patterns which developed in the District's first sixty years. Two themes run throughout the history: the variety and diversity of HED's activities, and the continued response of the District to national and world events. The aim of this history is to present an overview of significant areas of activity and to illustrate them by specific examples, rather than to include every project undertaken by HED. A description of several tasks performed in a given era should not imply that these jobs constituted the District's entire workload; they should be viewed instead as representative of HED's activity at that time. The history's organization carries out this aim, too: within each of the nine major time divisions, events and projects are covered topically, not chronologically, so that a general picture of the District's growth in that period may result. In the same way, a project not completed until a subsequent chapter may be discussed earlier to provide a comprehensive view of the project's development.