This was the foundation for machinery at Port Kenyon at the Enterprise Mill and Cannery, which with a warehouse and several docks were located at or immediately adjacent to this location. The Port Kenyon wharf was built in May 1881. At that time, ocean-going ships tied up to the river which is currently outlined in the row of trees behind the foundation. This feature marks the site of Port Kenyon, California which provided trans-shipping for Ferndale, California and the lower Eel River Valley.