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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Scrap Metal Packaging Facility, Seventh Street between Facility Nos. 6 & 247, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Scrap Metal Packaging Facility, Seventh Street between Facility Nos. 6 & 247, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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Summary

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Completed in 1942, this facility is of a distinctive type and period of construction. Its function as a scrap metal breaking and packaging facility is directly associated with the function of the adjacent Foundry (Facility No. 6). It is also associated with the scrap metal drives of WWII in which metals and other materials were recycled to aid in wartime production; in this case in particular for military production.
Survey number: HABS HI-505
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000940

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Date

1950 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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