Alameda Terminal of the First Transcontinental Railroad (Alameda, California)
USA /
California /
Alameda /
Alameda, California
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Alameda
place with historical importance
Add category
At this location are two benches and a plaque which states:
"On September 6, 1869, first transcontinental railroad train linking two great oceans and consisting of twelve cars and three locomotives passed here on way to a wharf terminal west of here, a location now covered by lagoon for take-off trans-pacific planes, and within confines present U.S. Naval Air Station. Original celebration held near this spot."
the plaque was dedicated in 1951. As all things usually change over time, the locations described on the plaque are no exception; having changed or completely removed with the passage of time...
California Historic Landmark # 440
"On September 6, 1869, first transcontinental railroad train linking two great oceans and consisting of twelve cars and three locomotives passed here on way to a wharf terminal west of here, a location now covered by lagoon for take-off trans-pacific planes, and within confines present U.S. Naval Air Station. Original celebration held near this spot."
the plaque was dedicated in 1951. As all things usually change over time, the locations described on the plaque are no exception; having changed or completely removed with the passage of time...
California Historic Landmark # 440
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_Terminal
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°46'31"N 122°16'36"W
- Alameda Point 5.5 km
- Oak Knoll Naval Hospital 11 km
- Oakland-Berkeley Hills Firestorm Site 11 km
- Berkeley Pier Ruins 12 km
- Lake Chabot Machine Gun Range (site) 16 km
- Buchanan Field Airport/Concord Army Airfield (CCR/KCCR) 31 km
- Port Chicago, California 37 km
- Former Mare Island Naval Shipyard 38 km
- Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve 41 km
- Original Site of Rancho Los Meganos 47 km
- College of Alameda 0.8 km
- Lagoon 1.7 km
- Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach 2 km
- Former Alameda Shoreline 2 km
- Alameda Point Seaplane Lagoon 2.4 km
- Alameda Point 3.2 km
- Former Runway 13/31 4.2 km
- Bay Farm Island 5.2 km
- San Francisco Bay 6.7 km
- San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 7.3 km