Alameda Terminal
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The Alameda Terminal of the First Transcontinental Railroad, located in Alameda, California, was the western terminus of the line. With the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 authorizing construction of a railroad and telegraph line, the first concentration of activity was east of Sacramento. Subsequently the line was opened from Sacramento to San Jose. During June 1869, construction was started near Niles (now part of Fremont), and by August a temporary connection had been made at San Leandro with the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad. On September 6 1869, the first Central Pacific train reached San Francisco Bay at Alameda.
The building is now a California Historical Landmark (#440) and is located within Naval Air Station Alameda.
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