DeLaveaga Train Depot - Orinda, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 52.817 W 122° 10.884
10S E 571988 N 4192848
A plaque in front of a depot in Orinda.
Waymark Code: WMQZDC
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2016
Views: 1
""This building is the only remaining station of the California & Nevada railroad.. The c&N, a-narrow-gauge line constructed in 1784,ran 23 miles between Emeryville and Orinda hauling farm produce and passengers. The first train. steamed into Orinda in 1891. For several years, trainloads of picnickers made this community a Sunday tradition. Investors had big plans for this little railroad; it was Originall,y intended to run .from Emeryville via Sonora Pass to Bodie and on to Colorado for connection with the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad.. Financial difficulties.; a tack of Patronage, and winter floods ceased these plans and the railroad-ceased operation in 1904."
Group that erected the marker: Orinda
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Bates and Davis
Orinda, CA USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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