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International Port A Symbol Of Los Angeles Business Services
By Matthew Paolini
Port Los Angeles, Southern California's doorway to international commerce, is located about 20 miles from the city center. This booming seaport not only maintains its competitive edge with record-setting cargo operations, but is also known for its inventive environmental initiatives, well-known security measures and diverse recreational and educational facilities. Also referred to as the Los Angeles Harbor Department, Port Los Angeles takes up over 7,500 acres land and water along 42 miles of waterfront properly.
The south-facing San Pedro Bay was initially a shallow mudflat, too soft to support a wharf. Visiting ships had two choices, remaining out at anchor and have their cargo ferried to shore; or beach themselves. Phineas Banning greatly improved docking convenience when he dredged the channel in 1871 to a depth of 10 feet. The port handled more than 55,000 tons of shipping in that year.
After Banning's death in 1885 his children continued his interests in marketing the port, which handled 500,000 tons of shipping in that year. The Southern Pacific Railroad wanted to build the Los Angeles Port at Santa Monica, and constructed the Long Wharf there in 1893. Los Angeles Times administrator Harrison Otis and Senator Stephen White insisted on federal support of the structure to be built at San Pedro Bay. The issue was settled when San Pedro was endorsed in 1897 by a government commission. With federal support construction
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