Mother Ditch

Historical marker location:

1245 N Spring St, Los Angeles, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Spring Street and Sotello Street, on the left when traveling north on Spring Street.)

and the History Slugs.

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.