South Pacific Coast Railroad - San Jose, CA
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ucdvicky
N 37° 17.219 W 121° 56.534
10S E 593762 N 4127233
The site of the historic South Pacific Coast Railroad in Campbell, CA.
Waymark Code: WM30FG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2008
Views: 71
SOUTH PACIFIC
COAST RAILROAD
INCORPORATED MARCH 29, 1876, AND
FINANCED BY COMSTOCK LODE MONEY,
ITS NORTHERN TERMINUS WAS SAN
FRANCISCO FERRY BUILDING. PASSENGERS
WERE TRANSPORTED BY FERRY TO ALAMEDA,
WHERE THEY BOARDED THE CARS FOR
THEIR 77.6 MILE RAIL RIDE TO SANTA
CRUZ. IN 1886, BENJAMIN CAMPBELL GAVE
THIS STATION SITE TO THE RAILROAD,
AND ON July 1, 1887, THE LINE WAS
LEASED TO SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
DEDICATED JUNE 14, 1980
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850
E CLAMPUS VITUS
"RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"
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