Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1868 Banning created the Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad, Southern California's first railroad and used it to transport goods from San Pedro Bay to Los Angeles, which soon became a major city in Southern California. [13] 1859 survey map of Rancho San Pedro. San Pedro was a township in the 1860 census.
Formed by. depositing dredged sand. Area. • Total. 370 acres (150 ha) Cabrillo Beach is a historic public beach located in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. It is named after Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Spanish explorer who was the first to sail up the California coast. [ 1] Cabrillo has two separate beach areas.
San Pedro Bay (California) Coordinates: 33°44′00″N 118°12′03″W. San Pedro Bay in a 1900 plan for the Los Angeles Harbor, present cities and districts are named. 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 ...
Daily traffic. 32,000. Location. The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long (460 m) suspension bridge, crossing Los Angeles Harbor in Los Angeles, California, linking San Pedro with Terminal Island. It is the only suspension bridge in the Greater Los Angeles area. The bridge is part of State Route 47, which is also known as the Seaside Freeway.
January 22, 1991. Fort MacArthur is a former United States Army installation in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California (now the port community of Los Angeles ). A small section remains in military use by the United States Air Force as a housing and administrative annex of Los Angeles Air Force Base. The fort is named after Lieutenant General Arthur ...
Alfred Guth (1908–1996), Austrian-born American water polo player, swimmer, and Olympic modern pentathlete. Brian Harper: baseball player, catcher for 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins; born in Los Angeles, attended high school in San Pedro [48] Aaron Hicks: baseball player, outfielder for Baltimore Orioles; born in San Pedro.
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division was a shipyard in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Before applying its last corporate name, the shipyard had been called Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company and Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division. Under those three names, the San Pedro yard built at least 130 ships from 1917 to 1989.
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is an aquarium in Los Angeles at San Pedro, California. The aquarium interprets both the physical processes of oceanography and marine biology of Southern California by use of displays and educational programs for the public. The aquarium is operated by the City of Los Angeles Department of ...