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1964 Map of Long Beach

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Long Beach
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The Queen Mary sits berthed in the Long Beach Channel, serving as a permanent landmark at the edge of a massive maritime and industrial landscape. This mid-century survey captures Long Beach and its neighbors during a period of intense urban expansion, where the grid of residential neighborhoods like Bixby Knolls and Los Altos pushes against the vast infrastructure of the U S Naval Shipyard and the Inner Harbor. The influence of the petroleum industry is unmistakable, with Oil Field derricks and Oil Refinery tanks dotting the landscape from Dominguez Hills to the famous heights of Signal Hill.

Transportation corridors including the Pacific Electric and Union Pacific railroads frame the city's movement toward the coast. Along the waterfront, the map detail spans from the engineered channels of the Los Angeles River to the leisure-oriented developments of Naples and Belmont Shore. The presence of numerous institutions, such as Polytechnic High Sch and St Marys Hosp, alongside expansive green spaces like Recreation Park, illustrates the established civic fabric of this coastal powerhouse.