Peninsula, Long Beach, California

Peninsula
Neighborhood of Long Beach
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
City	Long Beach
Website	lbpeninsula.org

Peninsula is a neighborhood in Long Beach, California. It separates Alamitos Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ^[1] It is adjacent to Belmont Shore and across the water from Naples.

History

The first homes were built between 1902 and 1904. ^{[1] [2]}

The Pacific Electric Long Beach-Alamitos Bay-Seal Beach Line ran along the Peninsula and across a trestle to Seal Beach, where it connected with the Balboa Line. This track was abandoned in 1940. ^{[3] [1]}

Sand is moved from the beach near the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier to the Peninsula to replenish what is carried away by the prevailing currents. ^[4]

Architecture

• Edward Killingsworth - home for Dr. Thomas Kiddie and his wife Mary ^[5]

Gallery

• 
  Peninsula
• 
  Naples, Treasure Island and the Peninsula in 1936, showing the bridge to Seal Beach
• 
  The Peninsula and the San Gabriel River, circa 1941-1947
• 
  c. 1920s view of the Peninsula

See also

• Neighborhoods of Long Beach, California
• Alamitos Bay Yacht Club

References

1. "Peninsula". www.longbeach.gov.
2. "Map of Alamitos Bay Tract". hdl.huntington.org. Strong & Dickinson, Robert Marsh & Co., Cortelyou & Nelson.
3. "Pacific Electric Long Beach Local Lines". www.erha.org.
4. Saltzgaver, Harry (November 20, 2020). "Hydraulic sand pump fails beach to beach, but may work elsewhere". Press Telegram.
5. Grobaty, Tim. "Ed Killingsworth on the beach: Home he designed on the Peninsula is on the market for $5.179 million • Long Beach Post News". lbpost.com.

33°44′55″N118°07′20″W / 33.7486°N 118.1223°W / 33.7486; -118.1223