Moss Landing, California
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N 36° 47.946 W 121° 47.155
10S E 608310 N 4073273
A small community located along the Pacific Coast Highway in the middle of Monterey Bay. North of Monterey, south of Santa Cruz.
Waymark Code: WMR1GG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2016
Views: 5
The above coordinates bring you to the main intersection in town, besides PCH. Taken from Wikipedia, "Moss Landing (formerly, Moss) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. Moss Landing is located on the Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad, 15 miles (24 km) north-northeast of Monterey, at an elevation of 10 feet (3 m). It is located on the shore of Monterey Bay, at the mouth of Elkhorn Slough, and at the head of the Monterey Canyon."
Expert from the book, "Right on this road is Moss Landing, 0.1 m. (10 anti. 100 pop.), a whaling station and schooner landing established about 1865 by Capt. Charles Moss. So large was its shipping business that at times wagons from Salinas Valley farms were lined up for 5 miles, wanting their turn to unload. Up until 1920 as many as five whales a week were handled here, despite the complaints of inhabitants for miles around when the wind blew its orders inland; the Board of Health finally declared it was a public menace. The fish reduction plant that took its place was scarcely an improvement in an olfactory sense."
Book: California
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 339
Year Originally Published: 1931
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