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August 22nd in Seal Beach History
A Seal Beach founding father, a Pacific Electric red car, and sabotage! Continue reading
May 27th in Seal Beach History
safe bathing for mankind, especially the women and little children Continue reading
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February 20th In Seal Beach History
The steam plant gets a spur. Continue reading
February 6th In Seal Beach History
The Seal Beach city council considers many things. Continue reading
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Tagged 1937, Alamitos Bay, B. B. Brown, California Refining Company, Derby Walkathon, DWP, F. B. Cole Refining, Fifth Street, First Street, Joy Zone, Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp, Ocean Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Electric, PCH, power plant, san gabriel river, Seal Beach, Seal Beach History, Steam Plant, Twelfth Street, Victor Hayes, Victor W. Hayes, Walkathon
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January 14th In Seal Beach History
We’re dredging up some local history and using it to fill this post. Continue reading
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Tagged Alamitos Bay, Bayside Land Company, Bridgeport, Central Avenue, Central Way, DWP, Electric Avenue, Fifth Street, First Street, Long Beach Peninsula, Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp, Main Street, Naples, Pacific Electric, Philip Stanton, power plant, Red Car, Seal Beach, Seal Beach History, Steam Plant
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Seal Beach Electric Station – 1924
Judging by our web traffic stats, the power plant that stood at Ocean Avenue and First Street from 1925 to 1967 has been the most popular of all the Seal Beach history covered in this blog. Our first post on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1924, DWP, J G Rollow, power plant, Seal Beach, Steam Plant
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That Colossal Wreck, Boundless and Bare
Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp. Steam Plant – 1967 Today’s post is a companion piece to this earlier post featuring film footage of the steam plant being demolished in 1967. Joyce Kucera, who provided the footage in the earlier … Continue reading
Demolition Plant
Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp. Steam Plant – 1967 One of our more popular posts featured the power plant that once dominated the Seal Beach landscape on First Street. Seal Beach resident Joyce Kucera just recently rediscovered her home … Continue reading
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Tagged 1967, DWP, First Street, Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp, power plant, san gabriel river, Seal Beach, Steam Plant
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Powerful Photos
Images of The Week Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp. Steam Plant – 1925 to 1967 Miss me? It’s been almost three weeks since the last post, and real life is still interfering with my weekly chores here. With luck, … Continue reading
