California Historical Landmarks in Alameda County
California Historical Landmark 440
Alameda Terminal of Transcontinental Railroad
Lincoln Avenue and Webster Street
Alameda
 "California Historical Landmark #440: Alameda Terminal of Transcontinental Railroad")
 "California Historical Landmark #440: Alameda Terminal of Transcontinental Railroad")
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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.
Erected by the California Centennials Commission in cooperation with the Alameda Historical
Society
Dedicated 1951
Where the trains once passed, a service station stands. Not even a rusted track remains. It's not a pretty picture, this corner.
Everything mentioned on the plaque is gone. The wharf terminal? Gone. The lagoon? Gone. The Alameda Naval Air Station and transpacific sea planes like the China Clipper? Gone and gone.