:"UC Irvine looks to revitalize ocean research center in Newport Beach"
."
The two-story Kerckhoff lab, on the beach of China Cove
near the entrance of Newport Beach's harbor, is hard to
see from the bluffs on Ocean Boulevard. It's usually only
noticed by boaters, Leahy said. The Spanish-style
building was constructed in the 1920s for use as a beach
and boat house. But when the club that owned it went
bankrupt during the Great Depression, Caltech purchased
it for $50,000 in 1929 with a donation from ..."
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