History of the Port of Long Beach
The San Pedro Bay breakwater began construction in 1899. This was to facilitate the building of the Port of Los Angeles. It served well as a breakwater for both ports.
In 1909 the Los Angeles Dock and Terminal Company purchased about 800 acres of marshes and mudflats at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. On June 24, 1911, in a grant from the State of California, the City of Long Beach was given the tideland areas in trust for the people of the state. The theory behind the tidelands was that although they were mostly shallow water, they could be dredged to make deep water. This provided as much fill as the port needed to make additional land and piers. The Tidelands Trust restricted the use of the land. It also restricted what could be done with monies received from the different ventures allowed on the property. The money was only to be used for improving or maintaining harbor commerce and navigation, or for marine recreation or fisheries.
By 1916 the Los Angeles Dock and Terminal Company declared bankruptcy and turned over all operations of the port to the City of Long Beach. The city then completed the dredging projects that were already underway including a channel and a turning basin. The following year a committee was formed to oversee harbor operations. It was the first Board of Harbor Commissioners.
In 1924 voters of Long Beach approved a five million dollar bond for use in improving the inner harbor area as well as beginning development of the outer harbor areas. The goal was to become a deep water port and by 1926, the Port of Long Beach did exactly that. The port handled eight hundred twenty-one ships and imported or exported a total of more that one million tons of cargo. Shortly thereafter, in 1928, construction began on new facilities to include new Piers A and B. At the same time, Pier 1 was reconstructed and a new transit building was completed on it. The port then renamed Pier 1, “Municipal Wharf.”
Further construction of the San Pedro Bay breakwater began in 1932. The extension was to be three and one-half miles by authorization of the Federal River and Harbor Act of 1930. In 1936 oil was discovered in the harbor. The good thing about finding oil in the harbor was that the port then had a sizeable amount of capital to invest back into itself.
However, if any action is taken to defend the coastline, if you hinder in nature's course of beach erosion, there will always be after effects resulting from unnatural intrusion. This proves that any sea defence could prove a problem especially with the land owned by Nation Trust. Nevertheless if you could prove to the owners of the land to the extent of which erosion is taken place and show them how much LSD is affecting the area, action may well become a better option.
The Act of 1862 called for construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast. So on January 8, 1863, with a ground breaking ceremony in Sacramento, Central Pacific Railroad started work on the western end of the Transcontinental Railroad.
The area of Port Chicago is very unique and plays a big part in the history. Port Chicago Naval Ammunition Depot was located at Mare Island, California and was once a munitions facility in the San Francisco Bay area. The importance of this specific site is that it was the gateway to the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Therefore, a large amount of transportation, including exporting and importing, was done here. A very historic event and detailed story took place in Port Chicago, California.
The Newport Coast structure that sits on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Newport Coast Dr. is one of many examples of Mediterranean-inspired architecture in Southern California. The building is clearly influenced by Roman architecture and stands out among the standard Spanish-looking villas and mission-type buildings. The structure lies near one of California's wealthiest neighborhoods, Newport Beach and acts as sort of a grand entrance to Newport Coast Dr. There are two of these structures which sit on opposite sides of Newport Coast Dr., framed by only a few palm trees and evergreens. Drivers passing along Southern California's coastline can catch a quick glimpse of these impressive buildings. The Newport Coast structure is constructed of concrete and painted a light beige. Eight thick columns support the extremely large entablature-like face of the structure. As architecture in a typically conservative Orange County, the Newport Coast structure dominates its surroundings.
However, in its ending, Galveston created its own beginning. By 1910, it recovered in population and thrived in success. By 1912, the Galveston’s reconstructed wharves and modern cotton compresses handled 4.3 million bales of cotton. It became the world’s leading cotton port. The city eventually transitioned into a picturesque ocean resort (Lessoff).
The first and most challenging problem associated with building the Mackinac Bridge arrived long before the bridge was even designed. Financing such an enormous project was no easy feat. In 1928, the idea of connecting the upper and lower peninsulas was proposed to Congress for the first time (Brown 4). At the time, the suspected bridge project was very much under government scrutiny and control. In fact, the initial boost in interest in pursuing the construction of a bridge came about due to the depression. The Public Works Administration (PWA) had been created under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal economic plan which would fund certain construction projects with th...
By spring 1940 tension between the United States and Japan were building in the Pacific region. President Roosevelt, as a show of force, transferred the United States Naval fleet to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This move would give Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, the ammunition he needed to urge his government that Japan needed to expand its naval air power.
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The Tampa Bay estuary has seen been a receiving body for effluent wastewater for an
A first reason that the Bay should be restored, is because as explained in Source 2 , "The resulting low dissolved oxygen concentrations drive blue crabs from their preferred habitat and kill many of the small bottom organisms on which the blue crabs feed." Because human's outlet a lot of nutrients, it causes an excess growth of algea, which ends up inhibiting the blue crab and other organisms, and can possibly lead to extiction. It is important to save the many species that live in the area. Another reason in it pf great importance to save Chesapeake Bay, is because there are plants which serve as food to many other organisms, that are going extinct. For instance, "the atamasco lily"(Source 1). It has been in a great decline, and it supports many other life sources, if nothing is done to try and save it, then there will be even more animals or other life that will be hurt. It is important to save
By the turn of the century, the agricultural, logging, lime processing, and commercial fishing industries all prospered in the area. Santa Cruz also became a prominent resort community, due to its scenic beauty and mild climate, and today it is well-known for water-sports such as surfing, paddling, sailing, diving and swimming. It is reputedly the site of the first surfing in California, when, in 1885, three Hawaiian princes -
In the late 1800s Seattle, then the heart of the industrialized Olympic Peninsula saw many changes. Industrialization is not a cheap endeavor for cities so Seattle contracted workers from China. White and Native Americans saw the Chinese as labor competition and prejudices quickly developed. Victor Smith, head and founder of the Puget Sound Cooperate Colony and emerging entrepreneur opposed the new labor force so greatly that he decided to move to an area where he could attain and retain more power. In 1862 Smith was given permission by President Abraham Lincoln to set aside 3,520 acres of raw land in the upper most corner of Washington State. The same year Port Angeles was established as a city, Thomas Aldwell another entrepreneur arrived by steamboat into the recently established community - Aldwell traveled with a vision to harness uncharted lands.
The discovery came about by two Spanish explorers via land expedition: Captain Pedro Fages and Father Juan Crespi. The Captain-Pedro Fages-recorded the following in his journal, “Within the estuary we saw five islands, three of them making a triangle opposite the mouth, with a large distance between them; and the nearest of them to the channel at the mouth [Alcatraz] must have been over a league from it” (“An Introduction to Alcatraz Island”). Even though the island was first “discovered” in 1772, a European would not set foot on the island until a few years
...ed third amongst all Indian Major Ports of handling container traffic. The dock at Kolkata Dock System is one of the fastest growing in Conatiner Traffic amongst the Major Ports of India.
However, the Japanese destroyed the Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 at 7:53 A.M. Japanese destroyed twenty American Naval bases. Franklin Roosevelt asked the congress to declare war, after a few minutes of deciding, they finally approved.