The 1,296 foot San Clemente Pier was built by Ole Hanson, the founder of this California town, as part of his dream to create a “Spanish village by the sea.” Since 1928, the pier has been used by local fisherman, bootleggers during prohibition and countless tourists. It was destroyed by a hurricane in 1939 and a subsequent storm in 1983 but was rebuilt each time as a scenic boardwalk over the Pacific Ocean.
