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Newport Beach is a coastal city of about 85,000 in southern Orange County, California, United States. Located about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles , Newport Beach is known for its sandy beaches.
A. ^ Ballast Point Light was moved in 1960 to the bell tower which had served as a fog signal building as the 1890 tower had been declared unsafe. The light shone from the top of the bell tower until 1961 when it was replaced by an offshore light.
Harbor Island is a small artificial island in Newport Beach, California. Newport Harbor is a semi-artificial harbor that was formed by dredging an estuary during the early 1900s. Several artificial islands were built, including Harbor Island, now covered with about thirty private homes.
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The name Lido originated from the Lido di Venezia. [citation needed] In 1904 Henry Huntington became a partner with William Collins in the Newport Beach Company.In exchange for extending the Pacific Electric Railway to Newport Beach, Huntington received 250 acres (1.0 km 2) and a 100-foot (30 m) wide right-of-way for the railway. [1]
The Lighthouse Café is a nightclub located at 30 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, California. It has been active as a jazz showcase since 1949 and, under the name "The Lighthouse", was one of the best known West Coast jazz clubs from the 1950s through the late 1970s.
The Yaquina Bay Light is a lighthouse that was built in 1871, soon after the founding of the city of Newport, Oregon, in the United States. It is located on the north side of Yaquina Bay . In 1871–1874, it was the busiest and most populated of the many coastal ports between Washington and California.
Los Angeles Harbor Light, also known as Angels Gate Light, is a lighthouse in California, United States, at San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor, California.The lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.