Kilauea Lighthouse, Kauai
Able to be seen more than 20 miles at sea, the lighthouse was often the first sign of land for ships arriving from the Western Pacific. The amazing clamshell lens was manufactured in France, and weighs more than 4 tons. It used to project double beams of light, 10 seconds apart.
Almost 100 years old, the Kilauea Lighthouse is truly a local treasure embodying the town’s 20th-century history. Around the turn of the last century, lighthouses and navigation aides were constructed all over the Islands to guide commercial shipping traffic that flowed between the islands and to all sides of the Pacific. After about one year of construction, a process whereby most materials had to be shipped in and then hoisted more than 100 feet up the cliff face, the lighthouse became operational in 1913. Since then, most of the lighthouses have succumbed to the corrosive marine environment, making the Kilauea Light house one of the last of its kind.
One of the lighthouse’s greatest moments came in 1927 when two Army aviators attempted the first flight from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii. More than 20 hours into their flight, and on the verge of completely missing the islands at night, the pilots spotted the Kilauea’s beam. They circled the lighthouse until the sun came up and then proceeded to a safe landing in Oahu. The flight of the Bird of Paradise is remembered as one of the great flying feats of early aviation history.
Today, the lighthouse’s oceanside locale is one of the most popular destinations on Kauai for its scenery, history, and the many endangered birds that inhabit its lands.
And did I say birds? Here you'll find Laysan albatross (mōlī), red-footed boobies (ʻā), red- and white-tailed tropicbirds (koaʻe), great frigatebirds (ʻiwa), wedge-tailed shearwaters ('ua'u kani), Pacific golden plover (kolea), threatened Hawaiian goose (nēnē), threatened Newell's shearwater ('a'o), and Hawaiian short-eared owl (pueo).
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