Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sails his flagship, the San Salvador, from Navidad (Mexico) into San Diego Bay
Alonzo Horton completes a wharf at the end of 5th Avenue, at a cost of about $45,000.
A view of San Diego Bay from an emerging downtown in the early 1900s.
Broadway Pier is constructed with a $1.7 million bond issued by the city.
The San Diego Harbor Commission and Harbor Department were established to administer the tidelands.
The San Diego airfield opened on Pacific Highway and was dedicated in honor of Charles A. Lindbergh.
During the 1950s, Shelter Island, once called “mud island,” began taking shape.
San Diego citizens approved a $9.5 million bond to build the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal.
The Port of San Diego created Harbor Island from dredged materials available from a U.S. Navy project at North Island.
The San Diego Unified Port District was created when the California State Legislature approved Senate Bill 41 and it was certified by the County Board of Supervisors.
The first Board of Port Commissioners meeting was held, and Port District operations began.
A bulkloading facility at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal was completed and began operations. Ground broken for 300,000-sq. ft. warehouse.
The Port District’s first Bay Master Plan was adopted by the Board of Port Commissioners.
Tarantino’s Restaurant opens at the Commercial Basin (now America’s Cup Harbor.)
Citizens approved a $10.9 million bond issue for capital Improvements to develop a new air terminal, prepare Harbor Island for leasing and construct a cargo terminal in National City.
The design for Anthony's Fish Grotto was originally done by Liebhardt, Weston & Associates
Construction of 24th St. Marine terminal was launched with a $3.9 million bond issue and matching federal funds.
A $25 million bond was approved to expand Lindbergh Field and improve south bay maritime assets.
Wharves on south face of National City Marine Terminal receive first cargoes of lumber.
Ramada Inn of America opens on Harbor Island, the first hotel to open on tidelands while under Port jurisdiction.
The restaurant was adorned with a fully-functional lighthouse.
Broadway Cargo Pier was converted into a landscaped esplanade and cruise ship terminal, beginning the initial phase in Embarcadero redevelopment.
A custom-built electric container crane went into service at the National City Marine Terminal.
Orient Overseas Line’s 300-passenger cargo liner Oriental Esmeralda boarded 117 passengers at the Broadway Pier for an inaugural 20-day cruise to Mexico and Central America.
Rotterdam, the second largest cruise ship afloat at the time, docked at the Broadway Pier on the final leg of a three-month around-the-world cruise.
The only cruise ship based in San Diego at the time, the 300-passenger yacht Xanadu began offering regular winter voyages to Mexico.
Cruise ship Mariposa docks at Broadway Pier to pick up 45 passengers for a voyage to Hawaii.
Van Camp Sea Food Company dedicated its new tuna cannery, the largest and most modern tuna cannery in the world, at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal.
An historical landmark, the site commemorates the 1769 meeting of the Gaspar DePortola and Father Junípero Serra expeditions. The park features a pedestrian path, bike route, picnic tables, benches and the Callaway Carillon bell tower.
The Star of India sails, attracting thousands of spectators to San Diego Bay
The North and South Embarcadero Marina Park peninsulas were created from sand brought up from the bottom of the Bay during dredging of the main shipping channel
The Chula Vista boat basin was dredged, with materials used to construct the 72-acre wildlife refuge 2,500 feet eastward of the harbor.
A $1.5 million pier at the G Street Mole (now Tuna Harbor) was dedicated to support the commercial fishing industry.
A $19 million dredging project of the Bay’s main channel to allow deeper draft vessels to travel to the National City Marine Terminal was completed.
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