It’s been awhile since I’ve done a local history post, so I thought it was high time I did so. I always enjoy looking back at the past–it’s amazing how much the Newport Beach area (including Balboa and Corona del Mar and Orange County in general) has changed since the early 1900′s…and yet how some …
More old-timey photos from Jeff Delaney’s book Newport Beach! These are pier pictures from the 1920s: Years before the Fun Zone appeared on the bay side, visitors enjoyed a Ferris wheel on the ocean side of the peninsula. On June 7, 1921, a bond issue for the sum of $25,000 for a new Balboa Pier …
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 …