and county supervisors, who refused to accept it; HCR sold its entire railroad as scrap to Gilmore Steel & Supply Co. in San Francisco for $81,000. After the scrappers started dismantling the bridges, the Territorial Government decided to purchase the remaining bridges from Gilmore for to improve the routing of the Hawaii Belt Road north out of Hilo. One of the only remnants of the railway is the roundhouse built in 1921 in Hilo at coordinates , just north of Hoʻolulu Park; the roundhouse is listed as one of the most endangered historic sites in Hawaii. , five of the original steel trestle bridges built by HRC have been retained along the Belt Road, albeit with significant modifications under the "Seismic Wave Damage Rehabilitation Project" of 1950. These span: Kapue Stream (milepost 6.28) Pāheehee Stream (milepost 13.31) Hakalau Stream (milepost 15.30), long Umauma Stream (milepost 16.02) Nānue Stream (milepost 17.99), long and high (highest bridge) In addition, some bridges were built using materials and foundations salvaged from the Hāmākua Division, including: Wailuku River (milepost 2.49, reused piers) Kolekole Stream (milepost 13.97, reused steel beams) Hakalau Plantation Road (milepost 15.29, reused steel beams) Information about this railway can be found at the Laupahoehoe Train Museum, located in the old station agent's house. References Further reading Best, Gerald M. Railroads of Hawaii: Narrow and Standard Gauge Common Carriers. Golden West Books, 1978. Treiber, Gale E. Hawaiian Railway Album WWII Photographs, volume 2. The Railroad Press, 2005. External links Laupahoehoe Train Museum Defunct Hawaii railroads Railway companies established in 1899 Railway companies disestablished in 1946 Transportation in Hawaii County, Hawaii 1899 establishments in Hawaii 1946 disestablishments in Hawaii 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Hawaii 3 ft gauge railways in the United States