2/12/2010
8/11/2024
Landmark information
- Location:
NW corner of Lincoln Ave and Webster St, Alameda - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing remains - Date First Visited:
12/22/2022 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/11/2024 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 46.515, W 122 16.616
About this landmark
Plaque text:
First Transcontinental Railroad
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.