Where The Buoys Are

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Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station – 1955

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These stacked buoys (without the guards) were once a familiar sight to motorists traveling on Pacific Coast Highway between Anaheim Landing and the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station.

See the buoys?

Eleven years later buoys are still being stacked in the same spot as shown in this aerial photograph taken on October 14th, 1966.

We’ll share more historical pictures and photos of Seal Beach as the year progresses.   Be sure to check back every Monday for a new Seal Beach image.

– Michael Dobkins


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2 responses to “Where The Buoys Are”

  1. […] With a little labeling, it’s a now a little easier to place the airport’s location into our modern landscape.  The airport once stood at the corner of Seal Beach Boulevard (which was known as Bay Boulevard until 1970) and Pacific Coast Highway.  This is the same corner that was highlighted in our earlier post, Where The Buoys Are. […]

  2. […] quite picture where the buoys were located? Click here to view a 2010 post that pinpoints the […]

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