Project Tugboat Used Explosives on Kawaihae Reef 1972

Screen grab of an explosion on Kawaihae Reef

https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A87822

45; Documentary Film from US Army Corps of Engineers about Project Tugboat and the use of explosives for harbor excavation. This film is part of the Water Resources Collection and Archives at the University of California, Riverside. Opening Credits: “The United States Army Corps of Engineers Presents A Harbor for Kawaihae: The Story of Project Tugboat.” Closing Credits: “Project Tugboat Participants: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Honolulu Engineer District, Nuclear Cratering Group, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Waterways Experiment Station. Other Agencies: Lawrence Radiation Laboratories, State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawaii, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, John A. Blume Associates, Dow Chemical Company, Mile-High Drilling Company, Esso Production Research Company. Motion Picture Production by: Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Not the End, Only the Beginning.”

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