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Fraser's Million Dollar Pier
Fraser's Million Dollar Pier was a 20th-century amusement park in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, Ocean Park, California in the United States. The pier was located between Pier Avenue and Marine Street, in a community situated between Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica and Venice, Los Angeles, Venice in Los Angeles County. Developed by Alexander R. Fraser, a booster in Ocean Park who had formerly been business partners with Abbot Kinney of Venice, the pier opened to the public on June 17, 1911 and was destroyed September 3, 1912 in a catastrophic fire that spread into the adjacent neighborhood and destroyed six to eight square blocks. The pier was also known as the Fraser Pier and the Ocean Park Pier; both names were also applied to a second pier built on the same site that stood from 1913 to 1924. History Fraser's Million Dollar Pier was one of several "amusement piers" (such as the Abbot Kinney Pier, Sunset Pier, Crystal Pier) that were built in the first half of the 20th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eager & Eager
Abraham Wesley Eager (1864–1930) was a Canadian-born American architect. He designed many houses in Los Angeles, California. Early life Abraham Wesley Eager was born in 1864 in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, Canada West. He moved to California in 1887, and settled in Los Angeles, California in 1901. Career Eager designed the Auditorium (Torrance High School), Auditorium in Torrance, California, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With Sumner Hunt and Silas Reese Burns, he designed the private residence of William G. Kerckhoff located at 1325 West Adams Boulevard, Exposition Park (Los Angeles), Exposition Park, Los Angeles in 1908–1909. It is now home to the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California. In 1908, they designed the Hope Ranch Country Club in Hope Ranch, California. The same year, they designed a mansion at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Westmoreland Avenue, opposite the Bullocks Wilshire build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) is one of the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing companies in the world. Based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, it was established in 1904 by Henry B. Auchy and Chester Albright under the name Philadelphia Toboggan Company. The company manufactured carousels, wooden roller coasters, toboggans (roller coaster cars) and later, roller coaster trains. History The Philadelphia Toboggan Company was incorporated on January 20, 1904. It built and designed roller coasters until 1979. Notable designers included Joe McKee, John A. Miller, Herbert Schmeck, Frank Hoover, and John C. Allen. When Allen retired as president in 1976, the company stopped designing roller coasters but continued to work on coaster projects until 1979 when it exited the coaster-construction industry permanently. The company manufactured carousels known for their elaborate carvings and decorations. It expanded with the acquisition of the inventory of the Dentzel Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910s In Los Angeles
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the Han emperors, and then destroy Luoyang b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Miniature Railway
The Venice Miniature Railway was a long miniature railway in the List of scale model sizes, 1:3 scale with a gauge of , which was in operation from July 30, 1905, to February 13, 1925, in Venice, Los Angeles, Venice near Los Angeles in California. Location Trips on the loop track started at the locomotive shed at the corner of Lake Avenue and El Camino Real (now Venice Boulevard and Abbot Kinney Boulevard) in a clockwise direction along Mildred Avenue towards the Business District. There the trains looped around the Post Office and again followed Mildred Avenue, until they crossed several canals on Riviera and Rialto. Finally, they turned sharply onto Washington Boulevard. They used El Camino Real to get back to the Lake Avenue Station and the locomotive shed. Cost The cost of a trip around Venice was five cents. Regular users could buy a book of tickets for $1.00, which reduced the cost to only two cents per trip. At the same time, a one-way ride from Los Angeles to Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
