Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of Southern Pacific Railroad Long Wharf, or Mile Long Pier, Pacific Palisades, 1892. It was started in 1892, completed in 1894 and was the longest wharf in the world at 4700 feet long. Three or four ships are visible at the end of the wharf. A train is visible near the shore end of the wharf.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 20 cm., 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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