Benjamin Franklin Dillingham
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Benjamin Franklin Dillingham was an American businessman and industrialist during the late Kingdom of Hawaii era, throughout the period of the Republic of Hawaii, and during the first two decades of t
Benjamin Franklin Dillingham
Benjamin Franklin Dillingham
The Oahu Railway and Land Company, or OR&L, was a 3 ft narrow gauge common carrier railway that served much of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, and was the largest narrow gauge class one common carrier in
Benjamin Franklin Dillingham
…always willing to take risks. In 1879 he started a dairy farm in upper Honolulu, and during the 1880s became increasingly successful. He founded the Oahu Railway and Land Company (OR&L) that began service in November 1889. Dillingham was well-liked among Honolulu's various communities, and he included King Kalākaua and Queen…
OR&L No. 6, the Oahu Railway's first locomotive, at the Hawaiian Railway Society
A portion of the track is preserved
OR&L passenger car coach #2, a first class coach sitting at the Hawaiian Railway Society
OR&L equipment preserved at Travel Town Museum