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The island was originally called Isla Raza de Buena Gente [2] and later Rattlesnake Island. [3] It was renamed Terminal Island in 1891. [2]In 1909, the newly reincorporated Southern California Edison Company decided to build a new steam station to provide reserve capacity and emergency power for the entire Edison system and to enable Edison to shut down some of its small, obsolete steam plants.
Naval Operating Base Terminal Island, (NOB Terminal Island) was United States Navy base founded on 25 September 1941 to support the World War II efforts in the Pacific War. Naval Operating Base Terminal Island was founded by combining Naval Facilities in cities of San Pedro , Long Beach and Wilmington , California under one command.
State Route 103 (SR 103) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that forms part of the Terminal Island Freeway in Los Angeles and Long Beach.It runs from State Route 47 near Terminal Island north to State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) in Long Beach.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island (FCI Terminal Island) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Los Angeles, California. [1] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons , a division of the United States Department of Justice .
The name of this facility was changed to Terminal Island Naval Shipyard on 30 November 1945. [2] On 15 November 1946, the adjoining Naval Station Long Beach was established. [ 7 ] The shipyard was renamed Long Beach Naval Shipyard (NSY) in March 1948.
(A freeway upgrade of the latter was completed in June 2007, [36] but traffic signals remain on the former and on the ramps connecting Ocean Boulevard with the Terminal Island Freeway.) Early maps show that the Terminal Island Freeway was to extend north to the Long Beach Freeway near the San Diego Freeway , [37] [38] but the location for SR 47 ...
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.
Terminal Island drilling and production operations in the 1940s. THUMS oil island White, 2010. The Wilmington Oil Field is a prolific petroleum field in Los Angeles County in southern California in the United States. Discovered in 1932, it is the third largest oil field in the United States in terms of cumulative oil production. [1]