Historical Marker
Sterling Park
Historical marker location:
1199 Lombard Street, San Francisco, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Lombard Street and Larkin Street, on the right when traveling east on Lombard Street.)
Marker installed: 2005
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.