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Description
A Sacramento Bee illustration depicting China Slough (another local term for Sutter Lake, since filled in to house expansions on the Southern Pacific Rail Yards and Shops) and the thriving Chinatown that bordered it in the decades following the Gold Rush. Eucalyptus trees are visible surrounding the lake. The railroad planted the trees in the hopes of combating “miasmas” from the toxic lake but the trees, like the lake itself, proved to be a significant fire hazard. The dome of the state capitol, finished four years prior, is visible in the background.
Architecture, Historic Capitol Building Carriages and Coaches Cartoons and Sketches Boats Chinese Americans Lakes Railroad Shops and Yards Railroad Locomotives Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific
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