Newport Wharf and Lumber Company Records
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Title: Newport Wharf and Lumber Company Records
Dates: 1889-1924
Collection Number: 2017_03
Creator/Collector:
McFadden, James
McFadden, Robert
Newport Wharf and Lumber Company
Extent: 4 linear inches; 1 archives box.
Repository:
Sherman Library and Gardens
Corona del Mar, California 92625
Abstract: James and Robert McFadden formed the This collection includes records of the Newport Wharf and Lumber Company, which was founded
by James and Robert McFadden in 1889.
Language of Material: English
Records are open for research.
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Newport Wharf and Lumber Company Records. Sherman Library and Gardens
Biography/Administrative History
James and Robert McFadden formed the Newport Wharf and Lumber Company, which opened the Newport Pier in January 1889. The
company was dissolved in 1916.
Scope and Content of Collection
These records include a journal kept by James McFadden covering January through early March of 1889, correspondence and cargo
records for 1893-1894 and 1899-1900. While Newport Wharf was infrequently used for commercial traffic after 1900, the company
was not dissolved until 1916, when its assets were turned over to trustees for the stockholders. The collection includes
the deed which ended the company and materials about the final liquidation of assets in 1924.
Commerce
business
Newport Beach, California
Balboa, California
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