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SDHL # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Address [2] Designation Date [2] Description [3]; 16: Whaling Station Site: Ballast Point Peninsula 11/6/1970 Shore station where whale blubber was boiled down for the oil in the 1850s and 1860s, halfway out on the inner beach of Ballast Point
Ocean Beach contains the Ocean Beach Cottage Emerging Historic District consisting of various Craftsman bungalows, cottages and other structures built from 1887 to 1931. [21] There are a number of other individual San Diego Historic Landmarks in Ocean Beach. Designated city historic landmark buildings are the Ocean Beach Library and Strand Theater.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Eleuthera Point Lighthouse: Image: 1903 est. ... Little San Salvador Lighthouse: n/a:
Eleuthera is a destination for those interested in Bahamian history and nature, and neighbouring Harbour Island and Spanish Wells offer further tourism experiences. Natural attractions include the Glass Window Bridge, Hatchet Bay caves, and Surfer's Beach in the north, and Ocean Hole and Lighthouse Beach at the south end.
1857 map showing Point Loma in relation to San Diego Bay. More than 200 years were to pass before a permanent European settlement was established in San Diego in 1769. Mission San Diego itself was in the San Diego River valley, but its port was a bayside beach in Point Loma called La Playa (Spanish for beach).
Legend has it that Point Loma was named after this girl. Actually the word 'Loma' in Portuguese means light.(NOTE: Mr. Lougher was mistaken about this. "Loma" is a Spanish word meaning "hill". The original name of the peninsula was "La Punta de la Loma de San Diego", meaning Hill Point of San Diego. This was later anglicized to Point Loma. [21 ...
Point Knox Light: San Francisco — 1900 Unknown 1963 (Demolished) None Unknown Point Loma Light (old) San Diego 1855 E: Never 1891 Third-order Fresnel (Deactivated) 462 ft (141 m) Point Loma Light (new) San Diego
Construction workers were hired in March 2022, [6] before work finally began at Lighthouse Point the following month. [7] Lighthouse Point opened exclusively to Disney Cruise Line guests on June 6, 2024. [8] [9] In September 2023, Disney officially named the location "Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point" during Destination D23. [10]