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Title
First terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad at foot of Pacific Ave., Alameda [picture]
Creator
Lawrence & Houseworth Co
Contributor
Southern Pacific Co
Date Created and/or Issued
1869?
Publication Information
Oakland Public Library
Oakland Tribune
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
Until the completion of a trestle for the Central Pacific Railroad Co. through Oakland, transcontinental trains travelled via tracks of the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad Co., terminating at Pacific Junction in Alameda, Calif. (shown) where ferries could take passengers onward to San Francisco. The terminal occupied the foot of Pacific Avenue. From the Joseph R. Knowland collection at the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library. Number in collection : 247.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3489q88v
copl_039
Knowland Neg. 247
Subject
Railroads - California - Alameda - History - Pictorial works
Marine terminals - California - Alameda - Pictorial works
San Francisco and Alameda Railroad - Pictorial works
Central Pacific Railroad Company - History - Pictorial works
Place
Alameda (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.
Pacific Junction (Alameda, Calif.) - Pictorial works.
Oakland (Calif.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Pictorial works.

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