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Commissioned by real estate developer Abbot Kinney as part of his "Venice of America", the pier was 1,600 ft (490 m) long. [1] The Ship Cafe was built at the same time, [2] and was originally intended to be a full-service resort "with sleeping apartments, a restaurant, a kitchen, office and all of the appointments of the modern hotel".
Venice Island in an aerial photo taken looking toward the east in 2018. Venice Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, fifteen kilometres (9.3 miles) northwest of Stockton. [1] [2] It is in San Joaquin County, California, and managed by Reclamation District 2023. [3] It is owned by Barron Hilton and the DiNapoli family.
Constructed by Abbot Kinney beginning in 1903, the restaurant was designed to be a feature of the resort town of Venice. [5] A "first draft" of the Ship Cafe was washed away by a sea storm on March 13, 1905; Kinney hired 600 laborers to rebuild it in time for a summer opening. [6]
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