Special Report - The History and Future of the Waikiki Ala Wai Canal

The History and Future of the Waikiki Ala Wai Canal

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Special Report - The history and future of the Ala Wai canal.

The Ala Wai Canal's History

• 1890's

1896

New government passes Act 61

1896

• 1900's

1906

Board of Health warns of disease

1906

• 1910's

1910–1920

Waikiki attracts wealthy

1906

• 1920's

  1920

  Construction begins

  
  

  1921
   
• 1928
  Ala Wai is unveiled
  1928

• 1930's

1937

Ala Wai Golf Course expands

1937

• 1940's

  1940s

  Waikiki boasts boat races and fishing

  
  

  1940s

  
  

• 1950's

1950–80

Waikiki development explodes

1950

• 1960's

  1965

  Storms flood canal

  
  

  1965

1967

Canal filling with muck

1966

• 1970's

  1976

  State calls canal eyesore

  
  

  1976

1978

Canal stinks, fish gasp for oxygen

1978

• 1980's

1983

Canoe paddlers turned away by raw sewage

1983

• 1990's

  1991

  State warns residents not to swim in canal

  
  

  1991

1998

Task force devises cleanup plan