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Honolulu Directory, and Historical Sketch of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands. Sketches of Hawaiian history and Honolulu directory. Honolulu: Chauncey C. Bennett. 1869. Manley Hopkins (1869), "Our Royal City of Honolulu", Hawaii: the past, present, and future of its island-kingdom; an historical account of the Sandwich Islands (Polynesia) (2nd ...
The chlorination of the water supply helped stop the epidemic and as a precaution, the chlorination was continued until 1911 when a new water supply was instituted. [130] Manual Control Chlorinator for the liquefaction of chlorine for water purification, early 20th century. From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race, 1918.
Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in and the county seat [7] of Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 86,395; it was estimated to have grown to 95,949 in 2022, making it the 25th-most populous city in Florida. [ 5 ]
This water system distributes water collected from three water sources, one of which is approximately 2,600 feet (790 meters) from the storage tanks at the Red Hill facility. [18] The Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) is the municipal water utility for the island of Oʻahu, and is an agency of the City and County of Honolulu. [24]
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply has adopted a more than 50 % water rate hike for a majority of its Oahu customers. The agency's board of directors Monday voted 5-1, with board member Gene ...
The Big Five (Hawaiian: Nā Hui Nui ʻElima) was the name given to a group of what started as sugarcane processing corporations that wielded considerable political power in the Territory of Hawaii during the early 20th century, and leaned heavily toward the Hawaii Republican Party.
Lee County has agreed to sell Fort Myers 1.5 million gallons of water each day to alleviate a shortage in some areas of the growing city.
The Honolulu City Council plans to earmark $27 million in federal funds to repay eligible, unionized city workers employed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent years Hawaii's government worker ...