Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Pearl Harbor
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PEARL HARBOR, a United States coaling station at the island of Oahu, Hawaii; acquired prior to the annexation of the islands. The harbor has been strongly fortified, and is a United States naval station. It was an important point during the World War.