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When open pit mining operations began in July 1955, near the Berkeley Mine shaft, the older mine gave its name to the pit. The open-pit style of mining superseded underground operations because it was far more economical and much less dangerous than underground mining. Within the first year of operation, the pit extracted 17,000 tons of ore per ...
The East Bay Vivarium is a shop located in Berkeley, California, in the United States. The store is more than forty years old, and is the oldest and largest store of its kind in the United States. [1] [2] It sells snakes, lizards, various other reptiles and amphibians, as well as the supplies to maintain and care for them. The store is open to ...
The water is collected at a depth of 150 feet from the far west side of the Pit below the viewing stand, and is pumped up and around the south and east walls of the Pit to the precipitation plant, north east of the Pit. The "Precip Plant" uses a centuries-old technology operation where water flows through piles of recycled scrap iron.
Hours are normally 11am-5pm except summer weekends when the ride closes at 6pm. Additionally, the Merry-Go-Round is open for a night time Christmas event from Thanksgiving to Christmas. [6] A food concession stand operates adjacent to the Merry-Go-Round selling drinks, lunch items, ice cream, cotton candy, and popcorn among other items.
The City of Berkeley started a plan in 1976 aiming for the reuse of recyclable items. They dumped many reusable items in a landfill, and a nonprofit organization unsuccessfully attempted to salvage them. Urban Ore was formed by Dan Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer, a married couple, in 1980 to recover and sell reusable items. [3]
César Chávez Park is a 90 acres (36 ha) city park of Berkeley, California named after César Chávez. [1] It can be found on the peninsula on the north side of the Berkeley Marina in the San Francisco Bay and is adjacent to Eastshore State Park .
The popular van has previously drawn nearly 4,000 people.
The Solano Stroll began in 1974 by the Thousand Oaks Merchant Association, a small business guild started by Ira Klein and co-headed by Lisa Burnham. Klein owned and managed "The Iris", a Solano clothing and jewelry store formerly based on Shattuck Avenue [5] that sold dress goods made primarily by local fashion designers, among the earliest including Laurel Burch.