What the heck is this?

[StinkyTheGrump]

Re: That Red Hill area estate above the freeway...

This was an estate owned by .........(?) during the WW2 era and was used during that time by military brass and Govt. mucki-mucks with it's great view of Pearl Harbor as spock-em-out pow wow planning digs, and was used afterwards in at least one famous movie .........(?) with John Wayne and those types.
Heard it was sold again recently.

Just read some more and I believe this was part of The Damon Estate - http://wikimapia.org/11909685/Damon-Estate

[buzz1941]

Re: What the heck is this?

Burl, "Wat Dat?" was one of my favorite columns in the Star-Bulletin!

Not liked by SB editors, though. They killed it. I thought it was fun.

[D'Alani]

Re: That Red Hill area estate above the freeway...

Just read some more and I believe this was part of The Damon Estate - http://wikimapia.org/11909685/Damon-Estate

Probably so since that area was all part of what used to be called Damon Tract.

[Kaonohi]

Re: That Red Hill area estate above the freeway...

Probably so since that area was all part of what used to be called Damon Tract.

I just guessed.
Instinct cutting in again....

[tutusue]

Re: What the heck is this?

1468 ALA LONOMEA
Owner - "PAPAKOLEA ESTATES LTD PART"
Address - C/OMOVIE MUSEUM 3566 HARDING AVE STE 4
Total Parcel Area - 5.232 Acres
Purchased on 12/31/1992 for $5,000,000

Very interesting...

Does a Damon descendent still own the Movie Museum?

[cynsaligia]

Re: What the heck is this?

Does a Damon descendent still own the Movie Museum?

*growls at the requirement of a post to have more than ten characters*

oui.

[1stwahine]

Re: What the heck is this?

I got lost somewhere amongst all the url.

K-den. Red Hill area by the Damon Estates get plenny so-called hills with entrances. They were made during the war. My daddy worked on them. Storage facilities. Das all I know.

Must get ukapila things inside...leave it alone. It's Govt. Property.

Auntie Lynn

[zff]

Re: What the heck is this?

I used to do a column in the Star-Bulletin called Wat Dat? that answers some of these questions. Here are some:

http://archives.starbulletin.com/spe.../watdat95.html

Great column! Thanks for the link!

Don't know about the other sites, but I'm guessing that what you saw above Makakilo was probably Camp Timberline. From the FAQ's on their website:

"Where is Camp Timberline?

Camp Timberline is located 3 miles above Makakilo, at an elevation of 1,600 feet."

http://www.camptimberlinehawaii.com/faqs

Interesting. I'd never even heard of Camp Timberline.

I looked at their website and their camp map, and I don't think the entire Pahlehua St. area is the camp. I'm starting to think these buildings are private residences.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: What the heck is this?

I got lost somewhere amongst all the url.

K-den. Red Hill area by the Damon Estates get plenny so-called hills with entrances. They were made during the war. My daddy worked on them. Storage facilities. Das all I know.

Must get ukapila things inside...leave it alone. It's Govt. Property.

Auntie Lynn

The Navy built a set of giant fuel storage tanks in underground chambers underneath Red Hill; that's probably what your daddy worked on. They're considered a real civil engineering feat. http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/umrcour...ks-revised.pdf

[pzarquon]

Re: What the heck is this?

There's a big metal door about 4' off the ground here. I've been told there's pumping equipment behind this door, but it's surprising how many people never notice the door.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=21.301105,-157.833975

Yep. The Oahu Storm Water Management Program Plan [pdf] says: "The final sub-program provides assistance to HDOT Highways personnel who have responsibility for maintaining the storm water pump station at the H-1 Freeway Punahou Street overpass." I've definitely noticed the door. Always imagined someone stepping out from the other side and getting quite a surprise.

It probably is a pumping station or electrical station. They had to excavate when they built that portion of the freeway to go under Punahou St.

Yep. Note also that Makiki Stream is actually directed even further underground at this point. So in addition to stormwaters, there are other reasons why a lot of infrastructure is needed around there to deal with water.

[1stwahine]

Re: What the heck is this?

The Navy built a set of giant fuel storage tanks in underground chambers underneath Red Hill; that's probably what your daddy worked on. They're considered a real civil engineering feat. http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/umrcour...ks-revised.pdf

Wow! I'm fifty-three years old and now understand what is behind those big doors ~ what my daddy worked on many years ago.

Mahalo for the link. Awesome.

Auntie Lynn

[buzz1941]

Re: What the heck is this?

Well, sure, there are probably all kinds of mysterious metal doors on base, but the door I'm talking about opens 4' above H1 at one of its busiest spots. (Under the Punahou St. bridge.)

http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/...es/stuffs.html

[Kaonohi]

Buzz knows what the heck this is?

http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/...es/stuffs.html

Buzz, you no ka oi!

You get other secrets to share????

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: What the heck is this?

What about those big steel doors in the side of the hill on Kalanianaole Highway when you go past the Makapuu Lookout? Are they secret military underground bunkers, or something?

[Betsey]

Re: What the heck is this?

Is the Palehua Road thing the Mauna Kapu station?