Aloha Tower Closed for Summer...

[Molokai-Chuck]

Just read the following on-line from the Honolulu Advertiser paper.

 

Chuck

 

 

 

Aloha Tower observation deck closed for repairs

 

Advertiser Staff

 

The Aloha Tower observation deck has been closed to the public, possibly through summer, while repairs are made to its concrete ceiling, the state Department of Transportation said yesterday.

 

Concrete fragments fell this week from the ceiling of the observation deck, on the 10th floor of Aloha Tower. Officials closed the deck as a precaution while crews determine the scope of repairs.

 

After an inspection, DOT officials believe water stored in tanks high in the tower to be available to fight fires had leaked into the ceiling area of the observation deck. The tanks had long been removed.

 

Aloha Tower was built in 1926 and was the tallest building in Hawai'i at the time. It is 184 feet tall and is topped by a 40-foot flagpole.

 

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R-4 (Tahiti) 2001

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[spleen93]

Just as a clarification ... this does NOT mean that the dock is closed or that cruise ships cannot come into the harbor. This only means that the Tower's observation deck is closed until repairs can be done (which, given the fiscal crunch that this state is in, may take years ... )

 

Spleen

 

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[Molokai-Chuck]

Thats what it says......"The Aloha Tower observation deck has been closed ...."

 

Chuck

[spleen93]

Chuck - I know that YOU know what that means. I just wanted to make sure that other people weren't confused by it.

 

Spleen

 

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