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ARCO used the Sandpiper site for crude oil production after oil was discovered in 1927.
1938![calendar](/templates/yoo_avanti/styles/121/timeline/img/calendar.png)
On February 23, 1942 the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine I-17 surface shells the oil refinery at the Sandpiper site.
1942![calendar](/templates/yoo_avanti/styles/121/timeline/img/calendar.png)
At the peak of production, the Sandpiper site included 25 wells.
1943![calendar](/templates/yoo_avanti/styles/121/timeline/img/calendar.png)
Oil production at the Sandpiper site began phasing out.
1954![calendar](/templates/yoo_avanti/styles/121/timeline/img/calendar.png)
Offshore facilities had been removed, but relics remained on the Sandpiper site.
1962![calendar](/templates/yoo_avanti/styles/121/timeline/img/calendar.png)
Oil production officially ended, though some infrastructure remains both above and below ground.
1965![calendar](/templates/yoo_avanti/styles/121/timeline/img/calendar.png)
Mr. Ken Hunter purchased the property and developed Sandpiper Golf Club.
1972![calendar](/templates/yoo_avanti/styles/121/timeline/img/calendar.png)
Sandpiper Golf Club was purchased by Mr. Ty Warner.
2003