Early in the 20th century around 1949, the residents of Fort Bragg dumped their household garbage into the pacific. The locals referred this beach as 'The Dumps' and treated it as a public dump. Everything from glass bottles to cars were dumped into the ocean. Union Lumber Company owned the place at that time.
Around 1967, the powers decided it wasn't such a great idea to throw the dump into the ocean. North Coast Water Quality Board created a new dump. Many cleanup programs were undertaken to correct the damage. After few years, the waves regurgitated small, colored, pretty looking glass pieces, which were dumped as waste once, back into the shore. The salt, sand and waves broke down the glass, polished them into colorful stones. People started to visit and collect the glass pieces. Again nature corrected one of our mistakes. The beach got a new name 'Glass Beach'.
California State Park system purchased the 38-acre property and incorporated into MacKerricher State Park. People were not allowed to collect glass from the beach as they were considered as artifacts.
Some pictures of Glass Beach:
Around 1967, the powers decided it wasn't such a great idea to throw the dump into the ocean. North Coast Water Quality Board created a new dump. Many cleanup programs were undertaken to correct the damage. After few years, the waves regurgitated small, colored, pretty looking glass pieces, which were dumped as waste once, back into the shore. The salt, sand and waves broke down the glass, polished them into colorful stones. People started to visit and collect the glass pieces. Again nature corrected one of our mistakes. The beach got a new name 'Glass Beach'.
California State Park system purchased the 38-acre property and incorporated into MacKerricher State Park. People were not allowed to collect glass from the beach as they were considered as artifacts.
Some pictures of Glass Beach:
