Glass Beach, Fort Bragg CA

Category & Type :

Recreation

Location :

Elm Street , Fort Bragg CA

Website :

http://www.fortbragg.com/glass_beach/

Information about Glass Beach...

Glass Beach is one of the most unique beaches in the world, not because nature created it that way, but because time and the pounding surf have corrected one of man's mistakes.

Beginning in 1949, the area around Glass Beach became a public dump. It is hard to imagine this happening today, but back then people dumped all kinds of refuse straight into the ocean, including old cars, and their household garbage, which of course included lots of glass.

By the early sixties, some attempts were made to control...