Torrey Canyon

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Oil development for Union Oil Company, in the 1950s. Because of the development here, Union Oil named one of their tanker ships "Torrey Canyon". The tanker went on to run aground off the coast of England on March 18, 1967, leading to the first of the "supertanker" spills. Pollution contaminated the English and French coasts. The Torrey Canyon's sister ship, Sansinena, blew up in LA harbor several years later.
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Coordinates:   34°22'44"N   118°47'18"W
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