WAIALUA SUGAR MILL

NAME: Waialua Sugar Mill
COUNTY: North Shore
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: always mild to sunny
BEST TIME TO VISIT: yearround 		COMMENTS: Still commercially owned Sugar Mill, not in operation for that purpose; with certain times open for visitors interested in historic past. Owing to property changing hands it is in danger of being torn down soon. Waialua Sugar Mill is located 2 miles southwest of the town Haleiwa on Oahu's north shore.
REMAINS: original large smoke stack; three to four old-style warehouse buildings
William Hooper of Boston established many sugar mills on Kaui and Oahu starting in 1835. When gold was discovered in California in 1848, sugar mills on Maui branched out into Irish potato cultivation. The Ka'anapali, Maui sugar cane mill is a prime example. These sugar mills greatly contributed to providing a supply of sugar, molasses and potatoes to "gold rushers." This became the C&H sugar company of recent times. Submitted by: Keith Kersting


This is a picture of the Waialua Sugar Mill in 1898, courtesy of Castle & Cooke, Honolulu


Waialua Sugar Mill with one of its steam engine cane trains in the foreground. circa 1902
Courtesy Keith Kersting


Waialua sugar mill
Courtesy Keith Kersting


Typical mill house, dating from 1935, for Waialua Sugar Mill workers in the Kawailoa region
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

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