- City:
- Newport Beach, CA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Maritime: Harbors, Ports & Lighthouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1933, the Federal Emergency Relief Act funded 65% of extensive Newport Beach Harbor improvements in Newport Beach, CA. As part of the project, sandbars were dredged and jetties were extended to improve sailing conditions and increase Newport Harbor’s allure as a commercial and naval auxiliary harbor. These improvements made the harbor one of the best in Orange County, if not in all of California.
Today it serves mainly as a leisure harbor (as opposed to a commercial harbor) and if you walk to the end of the Balboa Peninsula you can visit a plaque that commemorates the Newport Harbor Improvements of the 1930s.
Source notes
Epting, Charles. The New Deal in Orange County. Charleston, The History Press, 2014.
Brigandi, Phil. "Early Newport Beach." OC Historyland. 2019 https://www.ochistoryland.com/earlynb
Site Details
| Local Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|
| $640,000 | $1,195,441 |
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