This is the northwest shore of Whaler’s Cove at Point Lobos State reserve. This reserve is frequently described as “pristine.” This image shows the site of a granite quarry, a whale rendering factory, an abalone canning factory, and a US Navy/Coast Guard station. (The granite quarry is pretty obvious if you know what you’re looking for. All signs of the other industrial and military uses have been pretty thouroughly removed.) The photograph was taken from a vantage point very near the end of a coal-car rail line that carried coal from a mine in the hills above the point to ships waiting in the cove. Pristine?



Photo No. 241L25 ©1999 Marc Shargel
Photographed at 2/25/99 Felton, CA / Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, CA

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