Historical Marker
Rose Wave
Historical marker location:
900 Buchanan Street, Albany, California
( Marker is on Buchanan Street, ΒΌ mile west of San Pablo Avenue when traveling east.)
Colin Lambert & Peter Adams, 2007.
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.