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The Port of Long Beach was founded on 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of mudflats on June 24, 1911, at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. [7] In 1917, the first Board of Harbor Commissioners was formed to supervise harbor operations. Due to the booming economy, Long Beach voters approved a $5 million bond to improve the inner and outer harbor in 1924. [8 ...
The Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine Department administration offices moved to the site of El Dorado Park West in 1962, beginning in a renovated home on the property after the City purchased the land. Most of Area I opened to the public in 1964, including a golf course. A branch of Long Beach's public library opened in 1970. [1]
[11] [12] The pumped oil contained 20% water in 1965, and by 1994 it was 92% water. [13] The islands and operation were purchased by Occidental Petroleum in 2000. [14] In 2014, Occidental Petroleum spun off all California assets into California Resources Corporation (CRC), which still owns and operates THUMS Islands as of 2018. [15]
San Pedro Bay is an inlet on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California, United States. It is the site of the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, which together form the fifth-busiest port facility in the world (behind the ports of Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen) and the busiest in the
Long Beach Transit operates two year-round water taxi services: the 49-passenger AquaBus, and the 75-passenger AquaLink, [27] which connects the major attractions of Downtown Long Beach, including the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach Cruise Terminal, and the RMS Queen Mary hotel. In 2023, the two water routes had a ridership of 62,200, or ...
Recreation Park in Long Beach, California. Recreation Park bandshell Recreation Park Golf Course Clubhouse. Recreation Park in Long Beach, California is a large 210.9-acre (0.853 km 2) recreation center in the southeast section of the city. The park has a lawn bowling green, dog park, casting pond, and playground.
Although California's surfing scene is said to have gotten its start in Long Beach when in 1911 two surfers returned from Hawaii and the city hosted the first National Surfing and Paddleboard Championships in 1938, surfing is now uncommon in Long Beach due to a 2.2-mile (3.5 km) long breakwater built in 1949 to protect the United States Pacific ...
Long Beach Barrier Island, the island on which the city of Long Beach is located; Long Beach City School District, the island's primary school board; Long Beach (LIRR station), a station of the Long Island Rail Road; Long Beach, North Carolina; Long Beach Peninsula, Washington Long Beach, Washington, a small town on the southern end of the ...