Timeline of piers of Los Angeles County information
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.[1]
May 1908
Construction begins on the Santa Monica Municipal Pier[2]
September 9, 1909
Santa Monica Municipal Pier opens to the public[3]
September 3, 1912
1912 Ocean Park pier fire destroys Fraser's Million Dollar Pier and several square blocks of Ocean Park[4]
May 24, 1913
Long Beach pier auditorium disaster kills more than 30 people at the Pine Avenue Pier in Long Beach[5]
December 27, 1915
1915 Ocean Park pier fire damages Fraser's Ocean Park pier[6]
1916
Looff's Pleasure Pier and Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome constructed adjacent to Santa Monica Municipal Pier[2]
December 20, 1920
Abbot Kinney pier fire destroys Venice Amusement Pier[7]
January 6, 1924
1924 Ocean Park pier fire destroys Pickering's Pier, Lick's Dome Pier, and Fraser's Pier[8]
June 29, 1925
New Ocean Park Pier opens to the public[8]
^Krintz (2009), p. 28.
^ abGabriel (2006), p. 62.
^Gabriel (2006), p. 64.
^"1912 Ocean Park fire". www.lafire.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
^Rasmussen, Cecilia (2004-05-02). "Pier Collapse Gave Budding Newspaperman His Chance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
^Goodman, Jeff (2015-12-28). "December 1915: Flames engulf Ocean Park pier (Santa Monica history)". Santa Monica Daily Press. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
^"Fire at the Venice Amusement Pier, Dec. 21, 1920".
^ abGabriel (2006), p. 61.
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