The steam locomotive "John Bull" was built in 1831 and ran for 35 years, pulling trains of passen
Hawaiian Plantation Locomotive, Olomana
Grade Range: 9-12
Resource Type(s): Reference Materials
Date Posted:
7/7/2008
Students can learn about the history of the sugarcane industry in Hawaii by exploring how the Olomana, a plantation locomotive, was used to serve the fields. This reference page is included in the online exhibition entitled America on the Move, which focuses on transportation in US history.
National Standards
United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)
Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
1: How the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed the American people
2: Massive immigration after 1870 and how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity
3: The rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes
4: Federal Indian policy and United States foreign policy after the Civil War
2: Massive immigration after 1870 and how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity
3: The rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes
4: Federal Indian policy and United States foreign policy after the Civil War
