Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists chiefly of maps, blueprints, legal documents, and correspondence related to the dispute between the City of Long Beach and the Union Pacific Railroad (and various other property disputes) regarding the location of the tideland boundary line and the revenue generated from the sale or disposition of oil, gas, etc from the tidelands. The collection also documents the construction of the Aliso St. Viaduct in the 1930s. Highlights of the collection...

Scope and Content 1. Fractional Township No.5 South, Range No. 13 West, San Bernardino Meridian, 18882. Exhibit "A" Map to Accompany Application of S.P.L.A. & L.S.R.R. and L.A. Dock & Terminal Co....3. Map Showing the Shifting of the Mouth of the San Gabriel River Near Long Beach, Cal..., 18574. Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors...., 19175. Los Angeles & San Gabriel Valley topographical map, circa 1940s6. San Pedro Harbor, 1899...

Scope and Content 1. Wilmington and San Pedro Harbors, 19042. Los Angeles Dock & Terminal Co. Map Showing a Portion of Cerritos Slough & Main Channel Connecting Wilmington Lagoon with the Old San Gabriel River....,19063. City of Long Beach Map Showing Main Channel from Wilmington Lagoon to San Gabriel River, 19064. Cross-sections of Cerritos Slough, 19065. Proposed Submarine Cables Across Entrance to Long Beach Harbor, 19226. Plan...

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All of the items in this folder are blueprints.

1. Silt Diversion Channel and Levees, Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, CA, 1919

2. Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, 1923, 1924, 1930

3. Profile of Proposed Modified Route for Diversion of River Floods....1917

4. Chart of San Pedro Bay, 1891

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1. S.P., L.A., & S.L.R.R. Map of San Pedro Showing Inner and Outer Harbor and Abutting Properties

2. Long Beach Harbor, 1910, 1914

3. City of Long Beach Report on San Gabriel River-- Old San Gabriel River and Cerritos Slough, 1906

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Survey of the Compromise Tideland Boundary Along the Ocean Front, City of Long Beach.....1964 (21 sheets)

Scope and Content The contents of this folder are blueprints.1. Study M-1: Development of Property East of Badger St. and on Both Sides of Cerritos Channel, May 1926 and March 1926 (2 items)2. Union Pacific Railroad Right of Way Map, Ogden, Utah3. Study I-10: Long Beach Turning Basin4. Tidelands of Inner Bay of San Pedro Claimed by San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake R.R. Co. et al Under San Pedro Rancho Grant and Tidelands Grants, 1914 (There is also...

Scope and Content 1. Union Pacific Railroad Co. Property in Back Bay Tract, Francis Bates, 1940, #5522. Coast East of San Pedro Bay, Cal., 1872, #553, 553A, 553B, 3. Traverse Lines of Calculation, 1938, #5544. Slough Location and Topography by C.F. Miller, Los Angeles--Long Beach Harbor, 1907, Accompanying Report of Francis Bates, 1939, #556A, 556B5. San Gabriel River--Anaheim Street to Turning Basin, Francis Bates, 1939, #5576. Point Fermin...

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1. Rancho San Pedro, 1857

2. Wilmington Harbor and Vicinity, Showing Ownership of Water Front of Proposed San Pedro Harbor..., 1892

3. Point Fermin Eastward to San Gabriel River, 1859

4. San Pedro-- Inner Harbor, circa 1909 [very fragile, torn]

5. Improvements in Town of Wilmington and Wilmington Breakwater, 1875

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1. Cerritos Channel & Turning Basin, Francis Bates, 1939, #569

2. Pt. Fermin Eastward to San Gabriel River, 1859, #558, 558A