Huntington Beach Pier and Pier Plaza
In 1903, a wooden pier was built in Pacific City to attract people from the inland communities to this resort. Henry E. Huntington brought the Pacific Electric Railway to town in 1904, turning it into a recreational attraction for travelers on the line and the city was renamed Huntington Beach in his honor. Damaged by storms in 1906 and 1910, a new pier was planned and built by 1914. In order to perpetuate Huntington Beach as the West Coast resort, the new pier was designed by Earnest Rothenberg of the Merceau Bridge Company to be the longest, highest and most artistically designed solid concrete municipal pier in the world. The pier was extended to 1,804 feet in 1930 and five buildings were added including the restaurant at the end. The pier is listed on the California Register of Historical Resources and National Register of Historic Places.
Huntington Beach, Orange County
Photographers: Lori Norman and Andrew Schmidt
Photographer: John Bare