Swing Time
by Christina Ford
Title
Swing Time
Artist
Christina Ford
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Swinging from the Davenport Abandoned Pier!
See also my panorama!
It was a perfect day to drive Hwy 1 up the coast from Santa Cruz, California. I ventured across the street from the Davenport cement plant to a hidden lookout over the Pacific. I was surprised to see huge remnants of concrete pillars that once held a pier jutting out over the ocean. There on the first part of the pier someone was swinging!
The town of Davenport is named after Captain John Davenport, a former whaling captain, who founded the town in 1868. At the mouth of the Agua Puerca Creek, John Davenport built a 450-foot wharf to be used as a loading point for goods shipped up and down the state. For almost 30 years, the town was built and thrived on the export of timber, tanbark, cordwood, and cedar posts that were loaded onto small vessels for delivery. The wharf at Davenport landing was abandoned in 1880 due to the high cost of operation, and it is believed a bankruptcy in 1889 forced the Davenport family to Santa Cruz. In 1906, the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company started operation in the town, and this revitalized the area and helped preserve some of the rich history.
Word is that El NiƱo storms and Mother Nature have withered away the wharf to its present day condition; 3 arches jutting upwards from the ocean.
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August 5th, 2019
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