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View of San Antonio Creek showing the trestle of the Transcontinental Railroad [picture]

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Title: View of San Antonio Creek showing the trestle of the Transcontinental Railroad [picture]
Creator: Thomas Houseworth & Co
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870?
Publication Information: Oakland Public Library
Contributing Institution: Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center
Collection: Selections from the Collections of the Oakland History Center
Rights Information: Public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: The photograph depicts the trestle of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. crossing San Antonio Creek below the dam that formed Lake Merritt. Vessels docked in Alameda are visible in the distance. The trestle was the last obstacle overcome in the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Negative number in Oakland History Room's collection : F-180.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 20 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2b69q78c
copl_069
Neg. F-180
Subject: Harbors - California - Oakland - History - Pictorial works
Wetlands - California - Oakland - Pictorial works
Live oak - California - Oakland - Pictorial works
Railroads - California - Oakland - History - Pictorial works
Central Pacific Railroad Company - History - Pictorial works
Place: Oakland (Calif.) - Harbor - Pictorial works.
Oakland Estuary (Oakland, Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.

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