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March 9th in Seal Beach History
Seal Beach plays hardball to get a bridge. Continue reading
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February 25th in Seal Beach History
The Dow of Chemicals Continue reading
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Tagged 1948, Dow Chemical, Esteron, san gabriel river, Seal Beach, Seal Beach History
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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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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
In A Little Park By The River
Aerial Seal Beach – 1947 click on the image for a larger view This aerial shot provides a topsy-turvy angle on the early days of the Seal Beach trailer park long before it was remodeled in the early 1980s. – … 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
