When your house no longer suits you, you can move or remodel. Find out which big change is the right investment of your housing dollars. Just about everything else—remodeling costs, the hassle of living in a construction zone, or the ability to live happily without one more bathroom–is a personal preference. After all, your home …
I keep on finding out more about our location’s past; this time it’s about the Newport Railroad built in the late 1800′s. To read more about Newport Beach’s history, browse my “Local History” section in my blog. The Newport Railroad was built by the McFaddens and Joseph Bright and Company. The first train over the …
Although most don’t associate the affluent Newport Beach of current times with cargo shipping, this area used to be a key freight stop on the Newport Railroad and Newport pier. The pier, and later the railway, were built by the McFadden brothers after they discovered that they could garner a significant profit by selling lumber …
In 1887, the McFaddens contracted Major Marner to construct the Newport pier. It was completed the following year. Initially its piles penetrated the ocean floor only eight feet. In 1892, a tremendous storm almost wrecked the structure. The pier, rebuilt in two-months time, had a pile penetration of 15 feet. In 1892, when 600 feet …