Historical Marker
Fairhaven Pump House
Historical marker location:
3801 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, California
( Marker can be reached from Chester Avenue.)
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.