Mariner's Mile - Newport Beach, CA
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N 33° 37.207 W 117° 55.397
11S E 414357 N 3720418
One of many historical markers in Newport Beach, California.
Waymark Code: WM16M4B
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2022
Views: 1
The plaque says, "The Santa Ana River once made an estuary along Mariner's Mile. The 1916 flood prompted efforts since to confine the river to its concrete bed on the border with Huntington Beach. A 1920 county bond issue enhanced the dredging of the bay to establish the present bulkhead line.
City pioneer James McFadden connected ocean-going trade with inland Orange County through Mariner's Mile, by horse-drawn wagon from 1870 to 1891, and by railroad afterward.
State Route One was completed through Mariner's Mile in 1923. The oldest surviving structure on the Mile, the Arches Restaurant, was built three years earlier.
The city's sport-fishing industry was concentrated in Mariner's Mile in the 1930's and 1940's, supplying up to 73% to the city's revenue.
During World War II, the U.S. Navy built 30' coastal patrol craft, the "Higgins boat", across the highway from this marker.
The city's most destructive fire occurred where you stand, leveling this entire block on January 11, 1973.
Dedicated July 26, 2006, to the city of Newport Beach on the occasion of its first Centennial."
Type of Structure: Private Building
Fire Date: 07/26/1975
Structure status: Plaque
Cause of Fire:
Unknown
Documentation of the fire: [Web Link]
Other: Not listed
Construction Date: Not listed
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