I’m considering a way to continue bringing new Seal Beach history content to the blog that won’t require my doing research or writing anything new. I’ll share more details later in the month, but I thinking of launching it in August or September on October 25 (Seal Beach Founder’s Day).
Sorry, folks. Non-Seal Beach concerns continue to dominate my schedule.
This Date in Seal Beach History 
I keep checking (but you knew that…)
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Obviously you’re going through copy editing withdrawals.
I’m working on a piece of short fiction for myself right now, but I’ll put something up by the end of the month. Apple-loggies for the wait.
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Well…maybe just a little, but mostly keen to hear more stuff I never knew about the town I grew up in. No pressure, just encouragement!
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Do you have any pictures of the bridge that connected seal and Long Beach peninsula?
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Yes, Eileen, there are a quite a few photos spread out over various posts. Here are a few.
Here’s a post about some early changes in the landscape of the west side of town. The first bridge from the peninsula was for the Pacific Electric’s Ocean Avenue red car line and was not used for auto traffic.
https://sbfoundersday.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/tdisbh014/
This post is about how Seal Beach wheeled and dealed itself into getting an Ocean Avenue bridge for automobiles.
https://sbfoundersday.wordpress.com/2019/03/09/tdisbh068/
Here’s one on the steam plant at Ocean Avenue. It features a number of aerial shots that included the bridge.
https://sbfoundersday.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/powerful-photos/
This one shows the bridge in its final days while it was being damaged to accommodate boat traffic from the proposed Long Beach Marina.
https://sbfoundersday.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/tdisbh341/
There are probably a few others that I can’t recall right now off the top of my head, mostly aerial shots of Seal Beach that include the bridge. I’m afraid you’ll have to explore a little to find them, but the posts listed above should give you a good start.
– Michael Dobkins
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