1964 Map of Torrance

About this map

Torrance stands as a massive industrial and residential center in the mid-1960s, defined by its extensive Oil Refinery infrastructure and a grid of major transit corridors like the San Diego Freeway and Harbor Freeway. The landscape reveals a complex network of industrial rail lines, including the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Harbor Belt Line, which connect the inland manufacturing zones to the maritime hubs of the West Basin and Turning Basin. Purple overprint revisions from 1972 document the rapid urban expansion into the southern Palos Verdes Hills. To the south, the U S Naval Reservation and Green Hills Memorial Park (Cemetery) provide a buffer between the dense residential neighborhoods of Lomita and the active port facilities of Wilmington and Los Angeles.