Sand Pit Traditional Cache

What you are looking at is, in actuality, a former sand and gravel quarry. Materials from this site were used for making concrete and for various fill projects, most notably, Pier 90 and 91 for for the US Navy in the early 1940’s. My dad was living nearby at that time and remembers sleeping fitfully as the steam locomotives moved back and forth all night signaling each change of direction with a shrill blast of the whistle. This is an ideal location for a park because of the great view and access to the beach. Railroad enthusiasts will enjoy standing on the footbridge to feel the blast of air from the stack trains passing just a few feet below.

The pilings in the water mark the location of a former pier where wooden ships were stripped of their hardware and then burned to the water line. My dad and his friends used to have beach parties well into the night as the ships burned. Be sure to enjoy your visit and mark this site as a park to return to further explore.

The Sandpit Part 2 (from my brother's recollections): During the late '40s and '50s the sandpit was used as a garbage dump for all kinds of junk from small appliances to automobiles. It was fun, as a kid, to check out all this junk that had piled up over the years. Even more fun was collecting spent .22 cal shells that were to be found all over the place. I don't know what was being shot at down there but after a few hours of looking around a kid could have a whole pocket full of this brass treasure! There wasn't much you could do with empty shells but the challenge to find as many as you could was very compelling. Hmmm... here I am after all these years looking for hidden treasures in the sandpit again! Life is good. If you go down to the beach now and look around on a very low tide you can find a few of the old ship remains from the boat burning days.