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Timeline of piers of Los Angeles County

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Long Beach Municipal Auditorium and the Rainbow Pier, Long Beach, California, linen-era postcard by Tichnor Bros., produced c. 1930–1945

This is a timeline of piers of Los Angeles County, California, United States, including dates of construction and demolition, and notable events. This list does not currently cover piers and wharves of the Port of Los Angeles on San Pedro Bay or piers in neighboring Orange County (part of Los Angeles County until 1889) at Seal Beach, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, etc.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2024)
Timeline of piers of Los Angeles County
Date Event
1897 Abbot Kinney and Francis Ryan build the first Ocean Park Pier.
May 1908 Construction begins on the Santa Monica Municipal Pier
September 9, 1909 Santa Monica Municipal Pier opens to the public
September 3, 1912 1912 Ocean Park pier fire destroys Fraser's Million Dollar Pier and several square blocks of Ocean Park
May 24, 1913 Long Beach pier auditorium disaster kills more than 30 people at the Pine Avenue Pier in Long Beach
December 27, 1915 1915 Ocean Park pier fire damages Fraser's Ocean Park pier
1916 Looff's Pleasure Pier and Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome constructed adjacent to Santa Monica Municipal Pier
December 20, 1920 Abbot Kinney pier fire destroys Venice Amusement Pier
January 6, 1924 1924 Ocean Park pier fire destroys Pickering's Pier, Lick's Dome Pier, and Fraser's Pier
June 29, 1925 New Ocean Park Pier opens to the public

List of piers in Los Angeles County

Santa Monica Pier at night with Ferris wheel lit up in green and red
Santa Monica Pier at night (2008)
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2024)

References

  1. Krintz (2009), p. 28.
  2. ^ Gabriel (2006), p. 62.
  3. Gabriel (2006), p. 64.
  4. "1912 Ocean Park fire". www.lafire.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  5. Rasmussen, Cecilia (2004-05-02). "Pier Collapse Gave Budding Newspaperman His Chance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  6. Goodman, Jeff (2015-12-28). "December 1915: Flames engulf Ocean Park pier (Santa Monica history)". Santa Monica Daily Press. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  7. "Fire at the Venice Amusement Pier, Dec. 21, 1920".
  8. ^ Gabriel (2006), p. 61.

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