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Benjamin C. Dillingham Lydia Sears Howe Benjamin Franklin Dillingham (September 4, 1844 – April 7, 1918) was an American businessman and industrialist during the late Kingdom of Hawaii era, throughout the period of the Republic of Hawaii , and during the first two decades of the Territory of Hawaii .
On December 31, 1947, a final excursion carrying company President Walter F. Dillingham (Benjamin Dillingham's son), along with numerous guests, departed from Kahuku behind American Locomotive Company steam engine number 70 through 71.4 miles (114.9 km) of countryside back to the Honolulu station. [6] The OR&L was finished after fifty-eight years.
Dillingham was born in Honolulu, in the Kingdom of Hawaii. His father was Benjamin Dillingham who founded the Oahu Railway and Land Company. His mother was Emma Louise Smith, daughter of missionaries Lowell and Abigail Smith. In 1889 he moved to the United States to attend school in Auburndale, Massachusetts, and then Harvard University 1898–1900
Its principal backer was Benjamin Dillingham, the businessman who also started the OR&L, among numerous other Hawaiian companies. In the late 1890s Dillingham acquired approximately 35,000 acres (14,000 ha) of land through purchases and leases worth $5 million, [ 1 ] southeast of the growing city of Hilo in present day Keaʻau and Puna , which ...
The aircraft “experienced some kind of event which caused them to experience a rapid loss in elevation and a rapid loss in speed” around 3:18 p.m. Thursday, Coast Guard Lt. Commander Benjamin ...
The Dillingham Transportation Building was built in 1929 for Walter F. Dillingham of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, who founded the Hawaiian Dredging Company (later Dillingham Construction) and ran the Oahu Railway and Land Company founded by his father, Benjamin Franklin Dillingham.
From small-town Hickory, North Carolina, Robert Dillingham has made it to the biggest of stages. The 2023 Kentucky men’s basketball commit is currently in his second season at Donda Academy ...
Kenny Dillingham has orchestrated one of the best turnarounds in college football during the 2024 season.. After winning just two games in 2023, No. 13 Arizona State (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) plays ...