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Title
Southern Pacific Mammoth Wharf, 4700 feet long, Port Los Angeles, Cal
Creator
Rile, H. F., 1860-1949
Date Created and/or Issued
1893
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Image of the Southern Pacific Railroad Wharf, also known as the Long Wharf at the Port of Los Angeles, with a ship docked at the end, in Santa Monica, California. A locomotive is seen leaving the wharf and heading back to the shore.
"530. Southern Pacific Mammoth Wharf. 4700 feet long Port Los Angeles, Cal." and "H.F. Rile Photo"--text, on item. Title transcribed from item; date devised by cataloger based on the history of the Long Wharf, which opened in 1893.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : print ; sheet 19.1 x 23.8 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/19772
Subject
Long Wharf (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Locomotives
Railroad trains
Ships
Wharves
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Photographs. (aat)
Place
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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