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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Longest wharf in the world, Port Los Angeles
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PC-001-805
Longest wharf in the world, Port Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, California
circa 1908
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This 4,600-foot wharf a half mile north of Santa Monica Canyon entered into the Free Harbor Fight that led to the selection of the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro Bay in 1897. This pier was named Port Los Angeles, jutting into Santa Monica Bay from what became Pacific Palisades. Sources are inconsistent, but it appears that Southern Pacific bought the Los Angeles and Independence line that included this wharf, extended it, and began routing to pick up freight from ships docking here by the 1890s. The wharf was closed to shipping in 1913 and torn down by 1920. The publisher's number on the divided back is 3490.
Wharfs; Wharves; Piers; Port Los Angeles; Santa Monica Bay; Southern Pacific Railroad
California - Santa Monica Bay
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
M. Rieder, Publ., Los Angeles, California and Leipzig
Postcard
3.5 inches X 5.5 inches
No
PC-001-806; PC-001-807
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TIFF
21.09 MB
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