Northbrae Public Improvements

Historical marker location:

Berkeley, California

( Marker is at the intersection of The Circle and Marin Avenue, on the right when traveling east on The Circle.)

Marker installed: 2003

John Galen Howard, Architect; R.A. Mansell, Landscape Architect 1907. City of Berkeley Landmark - <i>designated in 1992</i>.

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869, but the western terminus of the railroad was actually in Oakland, California. The railroad made it easier and faster to travel across the country, and helped to spur California's economic growth.