Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Durant, Albert Allin September 29, 1872 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

ALBERT ALLIN DURANT, Plumbing Contractor. A career of more than thirty years, 
all of it devoted to various branches of mechanical engineering, has carried 
Albert A. Durant from a post as timekeeper in his father’s pump factory to his 
present position as head of the Durant-Irvine Co., Ltd., of Honolulu, one of 
the largest plumbing and sheet metal contracting firms in the Territory of 
Hawaii.
  Mr. Durant came to Hawaii in 1900 after working as a master mechanic on the 
mainland for eight years. He was in his father’s factory for six years, 
leaving there in 1892 to take the position of mechanical engineer in the 
bridge building department of the Southern Pacific Railway Co. at Oakland, 
Cal. Upon his arrival in Honolulu he became associated with the Oahu Railway & 
Land Co., Ltd., as an engineer, retaining this position until March 1, 1902, 
when he joined the Honolulu fire department as a master machinist.
  In 1914 Mr. Durant organized the Durant-Irvine Co., remaining with the 
organization as manager for four years. He assumed the management of Emmeluth 
& Co., Ltd., in 1918, but three years later resigned and returned as manager 
of the Durant-Irvine Co., Ltd.
  Born at Ashley, Luzern County, Pa., Sept. 29, 1872, Mr. Durant is the son of 
Francis Alex. and Nancy Elizabeth (Walters) Durant. He was educated at the 
Metcalf High School, Canada.
  Mr. Durant and Amanda Christine Danielson were married in Honolulu, March 1, 
1902. They have three children, Chadwick W., Bertha E., and Elbridge A. 
Durant. He is a Mason and Odd Fellow and a member of the Ad, Commercial and 
Rotary Clubs and the Hawaiian Engineering Association.


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