Vista Del Mar Lifeguard Station – Playa Del Ray CA

City:
Playa Del Ray, CA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Fire Lookouts

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) employed 19 men in work on the station in 1940 totaling 11,560 man hours. Expenditures were $6,752 and $449 for other. The station is currently abandoned.

Source notes

Dept. of Playground and Recreation Annual Financial report June 30, 1940

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on December 14, 2015.

Location Info

8302 Vista Del Mar
Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
Los Angeles County

Coordinates: 33.943718, -118.44141

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