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Title
Train travels on mammoth wharf
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Creator
Rile, H.F
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1890
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Aerial view of the S.P. Mammoth Wharf, Port Los Angeles, Calif. The wharf was also known as the old Santa Monica long wharf, north of Canyon. It was the longest wharf in the world at 4700 feet long - about a mile and a half. A white cloud of smoke can be seen from a train travelling on the tracks to the business end, at the end of the wharf.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00028814
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
N-002-346 8x10; Santa Monica-Wharves.
CARL0000033006
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/95050
Subject
Wharves--California--Santa Monica
Beaches--California--Santa Monica
Santa Monica (Calif.)

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