Ventura Pier

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Ventura Pier
Ventura Pier with fishermen 2013.jpg
Ventura Pier with fishermen, 2013
TypeFishing pier
Spans Pacific Ocean
Locale Ventura, California, U.S.
OwnerCity of Ventura
Characteristics
Construction Douglas fir (pilings and deck)
Total length1,600 ft (490 m)
Width25.5 to 67.66 ft (7.77 to 20.62 m)
History
Opening date1872
Coordinates 34°16′27″N119°17′29″W / 34.2741°N 119.2915°W / 34.2741; -119.2915
Ventura Historic Landmark No. 20

The Ventura Pier, formerly known as the Ventura Wharf and the San Buenaventura Wharf, is a wooden pier located on the Pacific Ocean in Ventura, California. The pier has been designated as Ventura Historic Landmark No. 20. It is the oldest pier in California.

Contents

The pier was first built in 1872 and served for many years as a transportation hub and commercial wharf used to bring merchandise and lumber to the area and to export the area's agricultural products and crude oil. It is no longer used as a commercial wharf and is instead used for fishing and as a pedestrian walkway with views of Ventura and the Channel Islands. It has been partially destroyed by storms and waves on several occasions and by collision with the steamer Coos Bay in 1914. From 1938 to 1995, it was the largest wooden pier on the California coast at a length of 1,958 feet (597 meters). In its current configuration, the pier is 1,600 feet (490 meters) long. The structure is a centerpiece of tourism promotion and daily hosts families, fishers, and tourists. [1]

Ownership and facilities

The Ventura Pier is owned and operated by the City of Ventura. The city acquired the pier in 1993 from the State of California. The California Department of Parks and Recreation owned the pier from 1949 to 1993. The city had previously owned the pier from 1940 to 1949. Prior to 1940, the pier was privately owned. [2] [3] [4]

The pier features the following activities:

Pier Into The Future is a non-profit organization formed in 1993 to assist in preserving and maintaining the pier. [12] [13] The organization has established an endowment to support the pier and raises funds by selling naming opportunities and with two annual fundraising events: Pier Under the Stars and a sunset dinner in the spring. [14]

History

Construction and purpose

Ventura Wharf, 1877 (Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library) Ventura Pier 1877.jpg
Ventura Wharf, 1877 (Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library)

On May 20, 1871, two meetings of San Buenaventura citizens were held at Spear's Hall, one in the morning and a follow-up in the evening, to discuss the construction of a wharf in Ventura. Articles of incorporation and bylaws were adopted for the formation of a company to undertake the project. [15] Joseph Wolfson and his father-in-law Juan Camarillo were principal forces behind the wharf. [16] The wharf was built to promote the city's growth.

On May 18, 1872, the first piling was driven into the ground for the wharf. A ceremony was held at which Arcadia Camarillo, the wife of Joseph Wolfson who led the effort to build the wharf, broke a bottle of wine over the first piling. [15] [17] The wharf was completed nearly five months later on October 5, 1872. The Ventura Signal wrote: "At last a steamer can lay alongside of the wharf, and discharge and take on cargo and passengers. It is a grand improvement upon the old way, and duly appreciated by shippers and travelers." Robert Sudden was hired as the manager of the wharf, a position he held for more than two decades. [15]

An oil pipeline was built through the Santa Clara River Valley from the Pico Canyon Oilfield near Newhall in 1886. After being transferred to ships, the oil was transported to San Francisco. [18] Prior to construction of the wharf and continuing until the arrival of the railroad in 1887, ground transportation to Ventura was difficult, particularly in the rainy season when the flow of the Ventura and Santa Clara Rivers isolated the city. [19] [20] [21] Accordingly, ships docking at the wharf also served as a principal means of transportation to and from Ventura. [15] [22]

In its early decades of operation, the pier was known as the Ventura Wharf and was used as a commercial wharf. The products shipped from the Ventura Wharf included agricultural products and eventually crude oil from the local oil fields. [23] In its annual statement for the year ending April 30, 1898, the Ventura Wharf Company reported exports that included 518,204 barrels (82,387,900 L) of bulk oil, 80,384 bags of beans (all varieties), 28,819 bags of corn, 14,721 bags of barley, 11,855 boxes of oranges, and 6,285 boxes of lemons. [24]

Shipwrecks, storms, and fires

Ventura Pier, c. 1910 Postcard, Bathing on the Beach near the Wharf, Ventura.png
Ventura Pier, c. 1910

During its years of operation as a wharf, the pier underwent damage on multiple occasions due to storms, shipwrecks, and fire.

In 1877 or 1878, the wharf was damaged by storms and repaired within weeks. [2] [3]

On June 25, 1889, the W. L. Hardison, a steamer operated by oil interests which would soon become the Union Oil Company of California in Santa Paula, California, became engulfed in fire at the wharf after a cook spilled a pan of burning fat in the galley while the ship was taking on a load of 2,000 barrels of crude oil. The ship and cargo were a total loss, but the six crewmen on board were able to escape. [25]

Twenty-five years later, on December 19, 1914, the steamer Coos Bay was wrecked at the wharf. The ship was attempting to moor "when a strong rip tide swung her hard against the piling." [26] The ship swung under the wharf, and "heavy swell . . . made the steamer a trip-hammer pounding against the structure from the under-side and lifting large sections of the wharf almost at every blow." [26] The ship sunk in 12 feet (3.7 meters) of water, and for two days, the ship continued to "roll with the incoming waves . . . tearing the wharf to pieces when she strikes." [27]

On February 13, 1926, the wharf was destroyed by heavy surf during a winter storm. George Proctor, an accountant for the Ventura Wharf & Warehouse Co., was killed when he walked to the end of the wharf as the structure collapsed below him. A middle selection collapsed first, leaving Proctor stranded. The outer portion then collapsed, dropping Proctor to the water below. [28] [29]

Again in December 1934, heavy waves cause a partial collapse of the pier. [30]

Fishing and recreation

Ventura Pier in 2008 Ventura pier sign.jpg
Ventura Pier in 2008

The pier reached its greatest length of 1,958 feet (597 meters) when it was rebuilt after being damaged in a winter storm in 1937. [23] At its maximum length, it was the longest wooden pier in California. [31] [32]

Like the wharf that preceded it, the pier experienced repeated damage from storms and heavy surf. Notable instances include the following:

In October 1993, the pier re-opened following a $3.5 million rehabilitation, including a new deck and the installation of a "swell-actuated sculpture" titled "Wavespout" that sprayed seawater as waves rolled by. With a deck length of 1,958 feet (597 meters), it was California's longest wooden pier. [43] [44] A ribbon-cutting ceremony was presided over by Mayor Greg Carson. [45] The far end of the pier had been closed since 1986. [43]

After heavy surf knocked out more than 20 pilings in December 1994 and January 1995, the pier was again closed. [46] [47] [48] Then, on December 13, 1995, high surf from a storm sheared off approximately 420 feet (130 meters) of the pier. With the loss of this section, the pier ceased being the longest wooden pier on the California coast. [49] [50] The "Wavespout" sculpture at the end of the pier was also lost in the storm. [51] [52]

Following the 1995 storm damage, the city opted not to rebuild the pier to it prior length. [53] On April 1, 2000, the pier re-opened after a $2.2-million renovation that included steel-reinforced pilings and a new octagonal section at the pier's end. [54] The current length is 1,600 feet (490 meters). [23]

The 2022–2023 winter storms cause severe damage to the pier closing a large portion of the pier due to safety concerns. [55]

The Ventura Pier is a popular filming spot and has appeared in such programs as "Melrose Place". [56] Other references to the pier in popular culture include:

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