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Ocean Park Branch library, an original Carnegie library, July 2009. In December 1916, the commissioners of Santa Monica selected the site for the Ocean Park branch Carnegie library at 2601 Main Street. [2] The library was funded by a $12,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation. The library was opened to the public on February 15, 1918.
Entrance Pacific Ocean Park. Pacific Ocean Park was a joint venture between CBS and Santa Anita Park. [4] It opened on Saturday, July 28, 1958, with an attendance of 20,000. The next day, it drew 37,262, outperforming Disneyland's attendance that day. [5] Admission was 90 cents for adults, which included access to the park and certain exhibits.
Ocean Park was once a station on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, a narrow gauge railroad that ran along the Long Beach Peninsula from 1889 to 1930. [5] One of the oldest buildings in Pacific County is the Taylor Hotel building, built in 1887, currently in use as Adelaide's Cafe and Bookstore named after Adelaide Taylor, [6] the wife of the original hotel owner.
Early illustration of Ocean Beach Park's Boardwalk. On the southern coast of New London, Connecticut there is a boardwalk running roughly 1,620 feet (0.49 km) within Ocean Beach Park that is claimed to have "New England's Finest Sugar Sand Beach and Boardwalk Attractions".
Date established [1] [16] Area [1] Description Assateague Island: Atlantic coast: Maryland, Virginia: September 21, 1965: 39,726.75 acres (160.8 km 2) As a barrier island, Assateague Island's beach and dunes are continually shaped by wind and waves. It is known for its feral horses and is also home to deer, crabs, fox, and migrating snow geese.
The park is "non-gated" and there is no charge for admission; individual rides charge a fee. There are thirteen rides as well as midway games, food outlets, and shopping. A Seaside Pavilion event space opened in 2009 for corporate and private events. [11] This is a list of rides in operation at Pacific Park as of 2016. [1] [12]
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Maris Pacifici, more accurately named the Descriptio Maris Pacifici ("Description of the Pacific Ocean"), was the first dedicated map of the Pacific to be printed. It is considered an important advancement in cartography. This map was drawn by Abraham Ortelius in 1589, based upon a map of America from the same year that was drawn by Frans ...