Historical Marker
Moe's Books
Historical marker location:
2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California
( Marker is on Telegraph Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2014
Berkeley History.
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.