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Redondo Beach is a city located in Los Angeles County, California.
The city's primary attraction is its Municipal Pier, which is claimed to be one of the longest piers in North America. It is
nicknamed the "Endless Pier" and is moderately popular with both tourists and fishermen. However, the pier's length is
possible only because of its unusual shape (it does not go straight out to sea, but goes out diagonally and then returns
back to shore). The Redondo Beach Pier started as a reinforced concrete structure in 1914, then was replaced in 1928 with
a timber pier. In 1988, the pier was severely battered by storms and later that year burned to the waterline (the fire was
so large that a SigAlert was announced for the San Diego Freeway several miles away). The pier's modern reinforced concrete
version was completed in 1996.
Factoid:
One of the largest Aerospace and Defense contractors is located here. It is Northrop-Grumman, this is fitting considering
that the cities official bird is the Goodyear blimp also based here.
GPS Location:
Latitude - 33 0 49 9 W / Longitude 118 o 23 20 N
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