Keith I can only attest to what the Sand company told the news paper.
It was a full page spread in a section.  Perhaps it was destined to another
resort island that had the capitol, knowledge and wanted sand did it.


I have lived on a calcareous beach - flat flakes that stick like glue.


In the 60's when I walked on the beach it was Quartz but perhaps shipping
it from Oakland was getting expensive.  The number of old 'tramp' steamers
left over from WW II and Korea were likely cheap compared to todays
cargo vessels.

And like the new resorts, golf courses had the money and push.

Thanks for the update.
Martin

Keith Zeilinger wrote:
> It is my understanding that the beach at Waikiki was replenished with
> sand several times, but only from other sites in Hawaii.  In the
> 1950's sand was trucked in from Waimea Bay on the north shore of
> Oahu.  During the 70's, sand was barged in from west Molokai, and just
> a few years ago it was pumped ashore from deposits just off shore.
> Hawaiian white sand is calcareous, never quartz.  Quartz sand is
> brought into Hawaii from the mainland for use on golf courses, so the
> shipments of sand you saw going to Hawaii were probably for golf
> course construction.  Aloha, Keith Zeilinger

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