Timeline of piers of Los Angeles County explained

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.

Timeline of piers of Los Angeles County

Date	Event
1897	Abbot Kinney and Francis Ryan build the first Ocean Park Pier.
May 1908	Construction begins on the Santa Monica Municipal Pier
	Santa Monica Municipal Pier opens to the public
	1912 Ocean Park pier fire destroys Fraser's Million Dollar Pier and several square blocks of Ocean Park^[1]
	Long Beach pier auditorium disaster kills more than 30 people at the Pine Avenue Pier in Long Beach^[2]
	1915 Ocean Park pier fire damages Fraser's Ocean Park pier^[3]
1916	Looff's Pleasure Pier and Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome constructed adjacent to Santa Monica Municipal Pier
	Abbot Kinney pier fire destroys Venice Amusement Pier^[4]
	1924 Ocean Park pier fire destroys Pickering's Pier, Lick's Dome Pier, and Fraser's Pier
	New Ocean Park Pier opens to the public

List of piers in Los Angeles County

• Abbot Kinney Pier
• Crystal Pier
• Dome Pier
• G. M. Jones Pier
• Million Dollar Pier
• Horseshoe Pier and Pavilion
• The Long Wharf
• Looff Pleasure Pier
• Newcomb Pier
• Pickering's Pleasure Pier
• Pine Avenue Pier
• Rainbow Pier
• Santa Monica Pier
• Santa Monica Municipal Pier
• Venice Pier
• Venice Fishing Pier

References

Sources

• Book: Gabriel, Louise B. . Early Santa Monica . 2006 . Arcadia Pub . Santa Monica Historical Society Museum (Santa Monica, California) . 978-0-7385-3144-1 . Images of America . Charleston, South Carolina.
• Krintz . Jennifer Lynn . Pleasure Piers & Promenades: The Architecture of Southern California's Early Twentieth Century Beach Resorts . 2009 . University of Georgia . Master of Historic Preservation.
• Book: Early Los Angeles County Attractions . 9780738559285 . Stargel . Cory . Stargel . Sarah . 2008 . Arcadia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1912 Ocean Park fire . 2024-06-19 . www.lafire.com.
2. Web site: Rasmussen . Cecilia . 2004-05-02 . Pier Collapse Gave Budding Newspaperman His Chance . 2024-06-19 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
3. Web site: Goodman . Jeff . 2015-12-28 . December 1915: Flames engulf Ocean Park pier (Santa Monica history) . 2024-06-19 . Santa Monica Daily Press . en-US.
4. Web site: Fire at the Venice Amusement Pier, Dec. 21, 1920. .