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Interesting History in this Pic
Carpenteria, CA State Beach today.
Is this very, very old small gauge railroad track for loading/unloading shipping freight from a long gone pier, or was it to move tar from the tarp pit bluffs, which have been around for at least 100,000 years. I won’t speculate on global warming, since it’s very, very old. Working on pic poor internet here. Last edited by Hugh R; 03-31-2021 at 04:16 PM.. |
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Clearly it's old, before there were cameras! 
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 Really poor WIFI but you get the idea.
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Yeah, that’s real interesting.
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Pretty cool, Hugh!
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Could this have been a ramp dolly system for launching boats?
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Are you sure they’re not long lost camera dolly tracks from C.B. DeMille’s “10 Commandments”?
https://www.outsideonline.com/2023921/cursed-buried-city-may-never-see-light-day Hope all is well Hugh, have fun! |
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Same spot?
http://www.psaapg.info/cloud/sjgs/2018_Fieldtrip_Wilkerson_Carpinteria.pdf STOP W16: Railroad Tracks Archaeologists have exposed a buried railroad track that used to service the Alcatraz open pit asphalt mining operation. 
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Hugh, I think just 12 month old steel made in China.
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There are several "tar seeps" in and around Ventura County. The modern oil industry actually got it's start just up the hill from Santa Paula where the old Union Oil headquarters has been turned into an oil museum.
Anyway, tar was mined to roof houses of the day, and before that the local Chumash used it to seal their fishing boats. |
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Chumash used to caulk their boats with the stuff. White folks used it in patent medicine......who were the smart ones?
BTW, ever notice that there is no "1st" Street in Carp?
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Very cool, thanks for posting.
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