Kauai officials order cannery to be demolished

LIHU’E, (AP) — County officials want Kauai’s Lawai Cannery to be torn down. The county engineer has filed a condemnation suit to have the last pineapple industry building on Kauai’s west side to be demolished. The complex of steel and

LIHU’E, (AP) — County officials want Kauai’s Lawai Cannery to be torn

down.

The county engineer has filed a condemnation suit to have the last

pineapple industry building on Kauai’s west side to be demolished.

The

complex of steel and timber buildings is colla unsafe.

The cannery was

built in 1907 and expanded over the years. It fell into disrepair after Kauai

Pineapple Company closed in 1964.

The complex is owned by a Honolulu firm,

and continues to be partly used by small businesses, including a car repair

shop and a septic system installation firm.

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