The Long Wharf in Santa Monica, also known as Port Los Angeles or the Mile Long Pier, was an extensive pier wharf constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in Santa Monica Bay from 1892 to 1894.

One of the major imports to the wharf was lumber from Northern ports, to help in the construction boom in Southern California.

Senator Stephen White pushed for federal support to build the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro Bay.

[7] With US government support, breakwater construction began in 1899 in San Pedro and the Los Angeles Harbor Commission was founded in 1907.

[citation needed] Political struggle between the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Pacific Railroad put an end to the Santa Monica wharf.

The very steep coastal palisades in Santa Monica, made rail access limited giving Southern Pacific's trains a monopoly to the oceanfront land and to the wharf.

The wharf was also served by the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad's street cars and was one of the stops on the Balloon Route.