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The Ventura Pier, previously known as the Ventura Wharf and the San Buenaventura Wharf, is a wooden pier located on the Pacific Ocean in Ventura, California. The pier has been designated as Ventura Historic Landmark No. 20. It is the oldest pier in California. The pier was first built in 1872 and served for many years as a transportation hub ...
The Santa Cruz Wharf is a pier in Santa Cruz, California, United States, known for fishing, boat tours, viewing sea lions, dining, nightlife and gift shops. The current wharf was built in 1914, the most recent of six built on the site, [ 1 ] and is operated by the City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Office.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in California on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008, [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]
Port San Luis, California (near Avila Beach) Redondo Beach pier: Redondo Beach: San Clemente: Crystal Pier San Diego: Ocean Beach Municipal Pier: San Diego: Piers in San Francisco: San Francisco: San Mateo: San Simeon: Stearns Wharf: Santa Barbara: Santa Cruz: Santa Monica Pier: Santa Monica: Seal Beach Pier: Seal Beach: Venice Fishing Pier ...
Piers in Los Angeles County, California (11 P) S. ... Venice Fishing Pier; Ventura Pier This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 09:50 (UTC) ...
View of Redondo Beach Pier and railroad station from the Redondo Hotel, ca.1900. 1903–1926, wooden "Wharf No. 3" built south of Wharf #2 near Sapphire and Topaz Streets; actively used by lumber industry until 1923 when Pacific Electric's lease expired, which was not renewed, and the pier was manually demolished after a few years as the lumber industry phased out
The pier was first built in 1888 at what is now Wisconsin Avenue. The original pier was destroyed by storms in the winter of 1890, and was rebuilt in 1893 by Melchoir Pieper at what is now Pier View Way, where all subsequent piers would be located. [1] Four iterations of the pier were built and then destroyed by heavy storms.
A breakwater was built in 1934 that provided docking for up to 100 fishing and pleasure boats near the pier. [11] The bridge and entry gate to Santa Monica Pier were built in 1938 by the federal Works Project Administration, and replaced the former grade connection. [12] The Newcomb Pier was privately owned until it was acquired by the city in ...