New Mill at Hokamoka Held Tons In 20 Hours
A newly built mill at Hokamoka operated at higher loads and was planned to scale to 50 tons within twenty four hours, signaling increased production capacity and potential output growth for the facility.
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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1905
Page
6
A newly built mill at Hokamoka operated at higher loads and was planned to scale to 50 tons within twenty four hours, signaling increased production capacity and potential output growth for the facility.
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Special to the Delletind Kohala Hawaii reports Union Mill closed August 16 for thorough overhauling under Engineer Joseph Meinecke. A new 20 by 0 roll mill replaces the old 26 by 64 setup in the shop of Honolulu Iron Works. Other upgrades include a Carlian engine, 14 or 10 knives, a 12 by engine to drive crusher halves, four new English centrifugals, and a 14 by 36 engine powering the right centrifugal. Ed Quinn to oversee woodwork. mill expected to restart by January.
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